China-Thailand high-speed rail interconnection agreement expected to be opened in four years

China Economic network Beijing, December 13 (Wang Hongjuan), Thai Deputy Prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban, who has just finished his visit to China, said in a news conference in Bangkok in Monday that the high speed rail link between China and Thailand is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding by the end of next March or early April.　　After the signing of the agreement, the construction works will commence in December next year and are scheduled for completion within 4 years. It has been reported that the Chinese and Thai governments have signed a framework agreement on the high-speed railway construction plan, it is not clear the specific direction of China-Thailand high-speed line.　　Thai government officials have disclosed plans to build a high-speed rail link between the capital and the northeastern city Corridor (Nong Khai), which will extend southward to Nalati, a tourist resort city Su-ngai Kolok, which may be connected to China via Laos. In a press conference in Monday, Sood said the specific trend of the first high iron line in Thailand could also be adjusted. He said that the plan is now established to build the corridor to Bangkok's high-speed rail, North and south of the extension route has not been finalized.　　He disclosed that the high-speed rail could also extend to the Padang Besar in Malaysia and could further extend to Singapore.　　Sood said that the China-Thailand high-speed railway construction project will commence in December next year and is scheduled to be opened to traffic within four years. Currently, the amount of investment in high-speed rail construction projects has not been determined. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand's prime minister, Aibish Cobssac (Korbsak Sabhavasu) said in August this year that the initial investment in the high-speed rail construction project could be as high as 300 billion baht, about 9.98 billion dollars.