New Pattaya train station previewed
published : 23 Feb 2023 at 09:17
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
A major real estate development is planned around the new station that will be built in Pattaya for the three-airport high-speed rail line, according to the deputy mayor of the resort city.
The main focus of the development will be around Soi Chaiyaporn Withee in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district, Manote Nongyai said on Wednesday.
The 220-kilometre high-speed rail line linking Bangkok’s two airports, Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi, with U-tapao in Rayong, is part of the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development. The rail line will cost about 224 billion baht and is scheduled to be completed by 2029.
Mr Manote said the new Pattaya station complex and related developments would occupy 900 rai, with Pattaya City Hall owning 60% and Nong Prue municipality the rest.
The mixed-use project will include not only the station but also condominiums and retail stores, he said.
Mr Manote also provided an update on a planned light rail system for Pattaya City.
He said an 8.3-kilometre main line would have 13 stops, with a 1.8 kilometre expansion to Laem Bali Hai Pier. They would be linked to the EEC high-speed rail line. The project will cost at least 20.80 billion baht in a joint venture with private investors, he added.
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Vocabulary
- complex: an area that has several parts - พื้นที่ประกอบด้วยส่วนต่าง ๆ
- corridor (noun): a long narrow area along which something travels - เส้นทาง, ระเบียง,เฉลียง
- development: a new event or stage that is likely to affect what happens in a continuing situation - ความคืบหน้า
- expansion: when something increases in size, number or importance - การขยายออก
- investors (noun): people or organisations that invest money, i.e., use money with the aim of making a profit from it, for example by buying property or buying shares in a company - นักลงทุน
- joint venture: a business activity carried out by two or more companies or groups - การลงทุนร่วม
- light rail: the electrical train systems that move people around a city -
- private: involving groups, businesses or industries that are not owned or controlled by the government - เอกชน
- retail store: a store which sells things directly to the public for their own use - ร้านค้าปลีก
- schedule: to arrange for something to happen at a particular time - ทำตารางเวลา, ทำกำหนดการ, กำหนดรายการ
