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02-03-08, 05:46 PM #1
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Train service across the Mekong
A rail link between Thailand and Laos is scheduled to open this May.
Bangkok Post
February 28, 2008
Thirty per cent of the total project costs of 197 million baht was covered by the Thai government with the remainder funded by a "soft" government-to-government loan.
Three-and-a half kilometres of tracks will connect the town of Nong Khai to Tha Na Laeng, across the border in the Lao PDR. The work is now around 80 per cent complete, said Nong Khai Governor Jadej Musikwong, adding that the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has undertaken to train Laotian officials how to operate the service.
The French government has put up two million baht to fund a study into the feasibility of extending the tracks a further nine kilometres to reach the Laotian capital of Vientiane, according to the SRT.
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Re: Train service across the Mekong
=) Further extension may be underway to link it further into Laos:
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/Fre..._Vientiane.htm
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10-02-10, 10:52 AM #3
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Re: Train service across the Mekong
Sori, duno why the below link which mentioned the above railway link doesn't seem to be about the subject matter when clicked on...
http://www.vientianetimes.com/Headlines.html
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Re: Train service across the Mekong
This link will take you to the story in The Nation:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2010...l_30122060.php
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22-03-11, 05:15 PM #5
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Re: Train service across the Mekong
The 1st class train into Thanaleng is not express, but if you took the overnight one, about 10hrs or so long, you get to sleep in a very comfortable cabin (I feel it's already excellent comfort) with just another person of your same sex and you both can lock it from within and wake up the next morning to your destination. And it costs the price of a typical room in an average guesthouse.
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22-03-11, 05:58 PM #6
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Re: Train service across the Mekong
If I got the chance, I want to experience it someday...
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22-03-11, 06:21 PM #7
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Re: Train service across the Mekong
Originally Posted by Jasonkoh82
If I got the chance, I want to experience it someday... Do it with your best friend, Steve this coming school holidays? Or better still, try at least once in your life time a solo travel; it's life-changing!
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22-03-11, 06:29 PM #8
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Re: Train service across the Mekong
Originally Posted by peiyan
Do it with your best friend, Steve this coming school holidays? Or better still, try at least once in your life time a solo travel; it's life-changing! I dun think my friend Steve will make it this year as he need to prepare a big 'ang bao' for his buddy wedding dinner this year. Lol as a solo traveller I have to brush up my guts first!
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