IsaanUSA

Archstudent posted a new map, but the URL doesn't load for me:  http://cdn.mx7.com/i/b4c/fhRgRi.jpg

I came in here to post about the gold line.  You guys beat me.  Nice to have you posting regularly again Lakegeneve.

Are monorails really that cheap and easy to build?  Paknam to BKK, really?

And gold line, I thought this was coming very soon?  The news articles seem to think it is coming soon and will only take a year or two to build (from my poor memory).

From Codename_B on SSC

It is revealed that the gold line will use South Korean rolling stocks,

Woojin. Two 3-cars train will be purchased, construction will begin this year and this line will be operational in December 2017. Ticket price will be 15 baht for the whole line consisting of 3 stations.

7 hours ago, Lakegeneve said:

Thanks Issan, I had actually thought that we had lost this thread in the migration as I had searched for it last week without any success.

 

Yeah, I had a little trouble finding it as well.  The new upgrade makes it hard for me to find my old posts

Serious question, looking for serious answers.

If they had a brewery in SE Asia (such as Laos), can't they sell it in Thailand under AEC? There shouldn't be any importation tax due to the free trade, no?

Taken from Render Thailand's Facebook and I removed the Thai writing (as per ThaiVisa forum rules)

https://www.facebook.com/RenderThailand/posts/1699983216928567

I read a few replies and it seems like nobody bothered to read the article.

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has revised its export growth forecast to 2% contraction

There's lots more pictures on other websites. Forum rules prohibit me posting links, and I'm not sure if we are allowed to post photos with Thai language exclusively. Just hop over to Sky Scraper City and go to the Thai forum, and click on Infrastructure. Many many photos, maps, and diagrams there.

This one is from late 2015

I'm assuming the starred out word is bullshit?

They are easy to count since they actually enter the country though proper immigration channels

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chinese-border-california-20160607-snap-story.html

I'm loving these new international airport terminals. It's so easy to get around SE Asia now.

Once the new terminal at U-Tapao opens, I wonder what new flights there will be. I haven't seen any announcements.

There's also an article in the Bangkok Post dated June 22 that talks about the opening more. The title of the article is "New U-Tapao terminal opens next month"

Quote from wwc234 @ SSC

Almost Done
Check in !!!.....at U Tapao, International Airport, Rayong, Thailand......Grand Opening in January 2017 , Soft Opening in August 2016

I can do about three days and climbing the walls, surrounded by rice fields, insects a dodgy water supply and no internet is not my idea of fun at all. The main pastimes seem to be drinking, catching fish and incest

Yeah, extreme rural living isn't for everybody.

sounds awful, bit like an open prison

I can understand what you mean. But to rural people, the city feels like a prison since you're stuck in a 40 sq meter box and surrounded by concrete and people.

Rural life is almost like ultimate freedom. There's more free space and more green space. There's typically less strict enforcement of rules and less of everything, so there is a lot of figuring out and doing stuff yourself. Usually many people are handy and usually people help each other out.

I would say typically there's a lot of yard/house work (compared to the city) and also a lot of relaxing time. Going out to dinner is a bigger deal, and going into town is something that is planned.

If you've grown up in a city (greater than 500,000 people) you might have trouble living in a rural setting.

However Isaan does not mean rural countryside, it's just a certain part of Thailand. Plenty of people live in a city in Isaan.

Just keeps going up and up at unprecedented levels. I think they need more resorts, hotels and taxis. If numbers keep soaring the local population is going to be outnumbered 2 to 1.

The figures include Thai tourists.

Many people enter Thailand multiple times per year.

Many Thais take multiple vacations per year.

11 billion baht for 46 sets of trains. To be delivered in 2018. 22 from Siemens and 24 from CRRC (the Chinese ones).

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/bangkok-mts-to-order-siemens-and-crrc-trains.html

The 'US' and 'craft beer' do not belong in the same sentence

WOW. Just...wow.

Where are the stations in BKK likely to be?

Bang Sue

There's a lot of info out there is you Google it.

More details about Bangsue Central - Hua Hi High speed train - turning Hua HIn station for High Speed train as the new landmark of Hia Hin city

During the inspection tour of SRT governor with Mayor of Hua Hin city to prepare for both massive double tracking from Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin and from Prachuab Khirikhan to Chumporn and High Speed train from Bangsue to Hua Hin

1. Hua Hin new station building after double tracking will be just the western edge of existing Hua hin station

2. Hua Hin station for High Speed train will be opposite to Hua Hin Airport at Bo Fai

3. Need 6,352 sq. m. for Hua Hin station of high speed train with the station length of 1 km - 450 meter for station building -

4. both Hua Hin station for High Speed train Hua Hin new station building will be elevated station - using both existing 80 meter wide strip + 40 meter wide strip outside railway area

5. Bangsue Central to Hua Hin with the distance of 221 km and 98.399 billion Baht investment consisted of 83 billion Baht for construction + 9.324 billion Baht for electrification + 1.905 billion Baht consultant + 4.1 billion Baht land exapropriation

6. EIRR from Bangsue Central to Hua Hin is 8.11% even though the extension to Padang Besar will boost the benefit to 12.76%

7. ticket rate at 2.5-3.0 Baht per km - at 522 - 627 Baht with travel time of 1 hour

8. there will be 4 stations

8.1 Nakhon Pathom at existing Nakhon Pathom station

8.2 Ratburi at Koo Bua commune - 3 km South of existing station

8.3 Phetburi at Khao Luang, Thongchai commune on Phewtkasem highway - 1.5 km from existing station

8.4 Hua Hin in front of Bo Fai AIrporrt [AKA Hua Hin airport] - around Hua Hin Soi 2 - 7 km North of existing Hua Hin station and 300 meter from Phetkasem

Mayor of Hua Hin going to prepare the mass transportation to connect High Speed train station at Bo fai with downtown Hua Hin - using private run minibus - but need much better decoration to fit with the grace of new Hua hin station at Bo Fai

http://www.thansettakij.com/2015/06/18/3779

So the other companies don't want to bid because they don't need/want the 900MHz band?

though the having to look at the TV screen for 5 minutes to check your booked in bags went through security was a new one for me

Good that you noticed it.

In the beginning there was some confusion about this.

Is it clearly explained/signed now?

I have a domestic Nok Air flight tmr from Don Muang.

Can someone explain to me why this is and where to look if your suitcase has passed security ? This is the first I ever heard of this and I would hate to have to go back to BKK to get out suitcases

Thanks

Not sure about Thailand but in other countries they are looking for li-ion batteries. So they are pre-screening the bags, and if your bag fails inspection they call you over to remove the offending items.

I cannot read Thai, so I must rely on Google translate, but it sounds like they have not even purchased the land yet for the new Northern Bus Terminal. So I would think Mor Chit isn't going anywhere for awhile.

There's also a story in the Bangkok Post in Feburary talking about splitting up the bus station into several smaller buildings.