Double-Tracking Project

[von Hirschhorn]

New line for Suphanburi - Ban Phachi as a new cargo route

And for the possible, maybe and who knows when, Trans Asia line (Singapore - Kunming). Of course a more suitable connection have to be made from Suphanburi towards the Southern mainline. And yes, Bangkok will be by passed with this route, hardly to imagine. (Krung Thep deprived from a direct connetion by rail to Europe although this would be in no case a fast trip.

For the moment it's all dreams, only dreams, or wishfull thinking and in the meantime welcome page filling for the Bangkok Post and other papers. The Chinese in this matter, seems to be ahead of the rest by already closing the passenger trafic (only, goods still running) on their meter gauge operated lines in the Yunnan Province and replace the whole by standard on a new alignment which means transshipment at the boarder (Hekou / Lao Cai). The other states, the new route will pass through, all have meter and everything exept funds to regauge them as well. In the end it will be a broken dream, literary but hopefull not when ever running.