Somkid hears upbeat talk on Japanese rail investment

By THE NATION

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Wednesday spoke with Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima at Government House about the possibilities for investment in a high-speed railway on the Mukdahan-Mae Sot route in the Eastern Economic Corridor.

 

He said the ambassador told him the Japan International Cooperation Agency had studied the idea and found potential for investment.

 

Somkid noted that Thailand has for years sought investment from Japan with an eye to promoting rail transport linking Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. 

 

He planned to discuss the matter with the transportation minister and ask the Thai-Japanese Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation to consider it.

 

Sadoshima urged that priority be given to vocational education and industrial training in Thailand, along the lines of Japan’s Toyota National College of Technology, which trains students to work in factories. 

 

Somkid said he would take the recommendation to the prime minister and education minister.

 

He also invited Japanese companies to invest in the Thailand Cyberport project and vowed to ensure that mass anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong do not disrupt Thailand’s dealings with the territory.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30375147

 

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21 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

 

He also invited Japanese companies to invest in the Thailand Cyberport project and vowed to ensure that mass anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong do not disrupt Thailand’s dealings with the territory

Eh .! What's that got to do with seeking investment from Japan for a railway to be built in Thailand .. 

Anyway wasn't China the best thing since sliced kanom-bung when it came to railway stuff .. What's happened there .?

What an interesting possibility - "bullet" trains travelling east to west (or vice versa) across the north of Thailand Mukdahan to Mae Sot) totally avoiding Bangkok - brilliant idea!!. Just imagine Khon Kaen direct to Ho Chi Minh or Yangon by high speed train.

Edited August 22, 20196 yr by Burma Bill
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8 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Just imagine Khon Kaen direct to Ho Chi Minh or Yangon by high speed train

I can - the passenger loads would be fantastic

How is the Chinese rail project progressing?

 

Serious question. I am not up to date.

Will the rain be fast enough to jump over the stolen train track parts?

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Somkid noted that Thailand has for years sought investment from Japan with an eye to promoting rail transport linking Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.

Somkid is playing with himself....again! The Japanese are simply being polite to him.

This rail proposal goes back to 2015 and is going nowhere for good reason.

This is the latest report on the proposal. 

"A feasibility study by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in mid-2018 reported that the train as planned would run at a loss. JICA's study projects only 10,000 passengers per day on the route, as opposed to the 30,000 per day forecasted in the original planning proposals. To be profitable from ticket sales would require 50,000 fares per day."

Somkid is playing with himself....again! The Japanese are simply being polite to him.
This rail proposal goes back to 2015 and is going nowhere for good reason.
This is the latest report on the proposal. 
"A feasibility study by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in mid-2018 reported that the train as planned would run at a loss. JICA's study projects only 10,000 passengers per day on the route, as opposed to the 30,000 per day forecasted in the original planning proposals. To be profitable from ticket sales would require 50,000 fares per day."

As you see from the facts, this will never materialise.
Just another new minister making himself important with some nonsense stuff.