Thailand Approves 2nd Phase of High-Speed Rail, Connecting Bangkok to China by 2030

The Lao-China Railway (also known as the Boten- Vientiane Railway) is part of six international economic corridors under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Source: The World Bank

Thailand’s long-anticipated high-speed rail project to China is moving forward. On Tuesday, the Thai cabinet formally approved the second phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail line, a 357-kilometer stretch from Nakhon Ratchasima to Nong Khai, with an investment of approximately $10 billion, equivalent to 340 billion baht.

Once complete, the railway will seamlessly connect Bangkok to Yunnan, China, via Laos, where a high-speed line is already in operation.

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