Contracts signed for two double-track rail lines

Contracts signed for two double-track rail lines

Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, third right, and State Railway of Thailand governor Wuthichart Kalyanamitra, centre, attend the signing ceremony at the Transport Ministry in Bangkok on Thursday. (State Railway photo)
Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, third right, and State Railway of Thailand governor Wuthichart Kalyanamitra, centre, attend the signing ceremony at the Transport Ministry in Bangkok on Thursday. (State Railway photo)

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on Thursday signed contracts for two 300-kilometre-long, double-track railways in the East and Northeast, with 600 kilometres more to come next year.

One line, costing 10.5 billion baht, will stretch 114km from the eastern province of Chachoengsao to Kaeng Khoi district of Saraburi province.

The state enterprise signed a contract with Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Plc for five sections of the railway with a combined distance of 104km. Another contract was signed with Right Tunnelling Co for the 10.2km section with a tunnel through the Phra Buddhachai mountain in Muang Saraburi district.

The other line, costing 23.4 billion baht, will run 187km from the Thanon Jira junction railway station in Muang Nakhon Ratchasima district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, to the northeastern province of Khon Kaen.

The contractor is the CKCH Consortium of Ch Karnchang Plc and Cho Thawi Construction Co.

"The SRT will clear construction sites for the contractors in late January 2016. Construction will start in February 2016 and they will be completed and ready for service in 36 months," said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, who witnessed the contract signing.

The SRT plans to call bids for four more double-track railways within the first quarter of next year.

They comprise a 134km line from the Map Kabao train station in Kaeng Khoi district of Saraburi to Thanon Jira, a 167km line from Prachuap Khiri Khan province to the southern province of Chumphon, a 165km line from Nakhon Pathom province to Hua Hin district of Phrachuap Khiri Khan, and a 143km line from Lop Buri province to Pak Nam Pho sub-district of Nakhon Sawan province.

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