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Train assembly plant backed

Transport Minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat backs calls for an electric train assembly facility to supply trains for the country's mass-transit rail projects.

Prapas Chongsanguan, former governor of the Mass Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), floated the plan.

ACM Sukumpol said if a local assembly facility is to be set up it must have large orders to justify such an investment.

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