SRT plans to buy 184 AC diesel trains
The State Railways of Thailand (SRT) will propose to the board on January 16 a plan to procure 184 air-conditioned diesel trains at a budget of Bt20 billion.
SRT acting governor Worawut Mala said that the state agency would submit the revised plan to the board.
In a separate matter, he said civil work construction of the double track railways is on course. It is estimated that the construction of the first phase of the three routes will be gradually finished and in operation in 2024.
The first phase of the development of the southern Nakhon Pathom-Chumphon route is expected to be finished in 2021, and the northern Lop Buri-Pak Nam Po route in 2022. The first-phase construction of the Isaan segment of the Map Kaboa-Jira Junction route is expected to be completed in 2023.
