Thailand's high-speed train project underway

[Ratsima]

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They cleared 3.5K in better than two years. (Almost thee, actually. But who's counting?) At that rate it will take about 143 years to clear all 250K. And then they can start laying the track.

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Taken in February of 2019 at Klong Dong. I thought they were almost done then.

[oakdale160]

3.5K in 2 years--thats about 7m a day. Thats not high speed.

[handdrummer]

it's hard when you use rakes & brooms to clear the road.

[buksida]

Thailand took two and a half years to build 3.5 km of high-speed rail, it might not be a bad thing
It was advertised as the train that will take you from Bangkok to London, then it was the fastest land link to Southern China, now it is one of the slowest ongoing rail constructions in the world.

As Pichai Naripthaphan, the former energy minister pointed out, if it took two years and six months to build the first 3.5 kilometers then it would take at least half a century for the Sino-Thai rail to get to Chiang Mai.

But slow going on rail construction might not be altogether a bad thing.

The Belt and Road project was advertised by China as bringing economic prosperity to all the countries that it touches. But that has not proven to be the case in reality.

One only needs to look at what’s going on in Laos to understand how dangerous a deal with China can be.

The Sino-Laos rail line comes with a hefty US$6.2 billion price tag or around $15 million per kilometer, a price tag that analysts had said the Laotian government will have a hard time repaying.

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China is now Laos’s biggest creditor and the country is facing default while Cambodia could be next.

With Laos out of the way, political pressure from China could now be focused on Thailand.

With only 3.5 km completed as of yesterday, there is plenty of money left to be made for corrupt politicians and plenty of debt to place the country in. Would you trust the current group of crooks sitting in government to not take advantage?

More: https://www.thaienquirer.com/18893/opin ... bad-thing/

[oakdale160]

Quote from above-I wish somebody would tell me how to do that yellow box thing

The Sino-Laos rail line comes with a hefty US$6.2 billion price tag or around $15 million per kilometer, a price tag that analysts had said the Laotian government will have a hard time repaying.

They will NEVER be able to repay that amount. China has bought a country-- Cambodia next, VN will resist, then--????

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[dtaai-maai]

Quote from above-I wish somebody would tell me how to do that yellow box thing

Just click on the quote mark, it ain't rocket science! Then add your own comment out side the quote brackets.

[oakdale160]

Quote from above-I wish somebody would tell me how to do that yellow box thing

Just click on the quote mark, it ain't rocket science! Then add your own comment out side the quote brackets.

Like this?

[handdrummer]

Quote from above-I wish somebody would tell me how to do that yellow box thing

Just click on the quote mark, it ain't rocket science! Then add your own comment out side the quote brackets.

Like this?

See, it is rocket science.