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Project Description

In 1989, the Government of Thailand decided to improve the nationwide rail network. One important network expansion was the Bua Yai-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom line on the GMS EWEC. Circumstances later resulted in the need for a feasibility study on the construction of a new railway line that would be integrated into the EWEC. This new, updated study was significant because it represented one of the milestones of rail infrastructure expansion in the EWEC. The study showed that this proposed route should be built as a doubling track on the new alignment for the Baan Pai (Khon Kaen)-Mahasarakham-Roi Et-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom line. For the time being, the State Railway of Thailand is carrying out a detailed design study on the new route alignment, which will be able to link with the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge No. 2, in Mukdahan, and the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge No.3, in Nakhon Phanom.

Progress (as of March 2021)

Proposed. The F/S and detailed design were completed The cabinet approved the project on 28 May 2019. The project is awaiting Council of State approval of the Royal Decree and preparing the documents for bidding.

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