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Post by wazza » March 2, 2011, 7:12 pm

Some one mentioned this a while ago and said its going via Udon, into Laos, and up into China

The Chinese know how to build railways fast, ( forget the HSE !! ) they completed the railway accross Libya in some amazing time !

Throw people at the task and they work ! , maybe for fear of being clean fill for the line



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Post by pompui » March 12, 2013, 11:50 am

So in 5 years time you can have a fast rail link to Sin City 8)

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Post by Svein66 » March 12, 2013, 12:52 pm

pompui wrote:So in 5 years time you can have a fast rail link to Sin City 8)
And maybe to Udon in 20 years... :roll:

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Post by pienmash » March 12, 2013, 1:32 pm

Svein66 wrote:
pompui wrote:So in 5 years time you can have a fast rail link to Sin City 8)
And maybe to Udon in 20 years... :roll:
Thats the most realistic timescale ive read Sven ,,, maybe not in our lifetime ... i may be wrong

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Post by FrazeeDK » August 14, 2013, 9:12 am

why not use the Hyperloop option?? Cheaper, faster... Elon Musk's proposal for an SF to LA route http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop
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Post by parrot » August 16, 2013, 2:46 pm

I'm a big fan of Elon Musk......gobs of money and not afraid to spend it on ideas he thinks are good. Lots of people write off his idea of hyperloop.....but then, a few years ago, who'd have thought a private company could build a rocket that docks with the space station?
He tested out his newest SpaceX idea at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/scien ... s.html?hpw

If the high speed railroad is dependent on the SRT for its development......well, I'd guess I won't ever see its completion. Lots of dinosaurs in that ministry. I wouldn't be surprised if they're still using morse code to pass on scheduling info.

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Post by FrazeeDK » September 20, 2013, 9:27 pm

a general update on the planned Chinese built rail link from Kunming through Lao to Vientiane http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2 ... cture-laos
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Post by FrazeeDK » September 20, 2013, 9:30 pm

Note the comment and the map reference on the planned Vietnamese built "high speed" rail from Vietnam to Savannakhet, Laos. A bit over a year ago there was news the State Railway of Thailand was in the surveying stage of building a link from south of Khon Khaen northeast across Maha Sarakahm, Kalasin, Sakon Nakhon provinces to NKP Province and the Mekong...I wonder what's happened with that?
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Post by Svein66 » July 30, 2014, 7:12 am

High-speed train route to Nong Khai "to be completed in 2021". :D

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Post by wazza » July 30, 2014, 7:20 am

Sorry im a cynic , but lots of smiles behind the scenes here with consulting fees, committees , overseas study tours, plus the normal slippage of budgets to cover facility fees

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Post by parrot » December 2, 2015, 1:02 pm

So much for any timelines.....and just yesterday, the big Do put the project on the fast track!:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... with-china

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Post by noosard » December 2, 2015, 2:13 pm

Is it Arthur or Martha
These guys don't know which side of the bread is buttered on
Tomorrow is a new day probably with a new railway story as well

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Post by FrazeeDK » December 3, 2015, 7:25 pm

yes, that rubber deal was merely a side issue.. Of course, it couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the Lao and Chinese broke ground today on their part of the China to Nong Khai rail link could it?? http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/7 ... nstruction
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Post by papafarang » December 3, 2015, 8:06 pm

on off on off on off, hahaha. oh well go to lao to catch a train to china, oops giving my cash to laos again. even if they just got to udon Thailand could have made money
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Post by Jing Jing » December 4, 2015, 11:22 am

You can currently fly to Kuming from BKK for ฿10,000. round trip and it takes 2 hrs. The Thai Gov. could subsidize all those Thais who want to go to China for far less then the cost of this white elephant.

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Post by Khun Paul » April 8, 2016, 5:11 pm

Let me get this right you catch a High speed train ( curtesy of the Thai Govt ) to Korat and then change trains to catch a slower version ( possibly dual track to NongKhai and then possibly if someone has changed the track size stay on that train to Vientianne then change again for a fast hi-speed train to China.
If they were not in charge you would not believe it would you, something out of dreams are us springs to mind

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Post by FrazeeDK » April 8, 2016, 10:02 pm

I'm sure this is all political gamesmanship on the part of the government to get the Chinese to drop their demands for commercial privileges along the rail right-of-way and get a more favorable (2%) loan...
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