BMA stakes claim to city rail route

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• MASS TRANSIT BMA stakes claim to city rail route

  09/02/2010 : The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand are at odds over the planned construction of a 37.5km railway linking Taling Chan in Thon Buri to Minburi in Bangkok's east.

• TRANSPORT When road rage can go off the rails

  09/02/2010 : A road rage incident involving a man police say was armed has prompted a stern warning from a senior policeman.

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• Petition against tollway fee hike

  03/02/2010 : Consumers protection groups on Wednesday petitioned the Central Administrative Court to issue an order to revoking the Din Daeng-Don Muang tollway fees hike which took effect on Dec 22 and all agreements relating to the tollway's operation which may be illegal and unconstitutional.

• Govt to re-open abandoned airports

  29/01/2010 : The Ministry of Transport will next week call a meeting of representatives from the Industry Ministry, airline operators, Tourism Authority of Thailand and Traffic Policy and Planning Office to discuss ways to utilize the abandoned airports in several provinces.

• UDD to rally at Suvarnabhumi airport

  19/01/2010 : The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will hold a rally at the entrance road to Suvarnabhumi airport next week and call for a progress report on the investigation into the airport’s occupation by yellow-shirt supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy in 2008, Natthawut Saikua said on Tuesday.

• Thailand, Bern agree on 'open skies'

  18/01/2010 : Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and Swiss ambassador Christine Schraner Burgener on Monday signed an open skies agreement for unlimited air services between and beyond the two countries.

• ROAD SAFETY

  Errant motorists face road entry U-turn

  18/01/2010 : Motorists who break traffic laws will be barred from entering accident hot spots under a new road safety campaign, the Department of Land Transport says.

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  Activists scuffle with police over Hong Kong rail project

  17/01/2010 : More than 1,000 protesters staged a sit-in outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council late Saturday after lawmakers approved a controversial 8.6-billion-dollar high-speed railway project.

• First dust-free road opened

  16/01/2010 : Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum on Saturday presided over a function to open the country’s first dust-free road in Buri Ram’s Lamplaimas district.

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  State rail agency finally embarks on track upgrade

  16/01/2010 : It is time to fix the flaws in the infamous Death Railway line.

• Panel resolves to reinstate fired rail men

  15/01/2010 : The State Enterprises Labour Relations Committee on Friday decided with a vote of 5:4 to ask the State Railway of Thailand to reinstate six Hat Yai rail staff who were involved in a strike from Oct 16 to 28 last year.

• Wallop resigns over baggage scandal

  05/01/2010 : Wallop Bhukkanasut has resigned as Thai Airways executive chairman over the excess baggage scandal, Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum said on Tuesday.

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