For the record, the Thai–Chinese HSR Phase 1 (Bangkok–Nakhon Ratchasima, 250.77 km) was originally announced with: 2017 – Contract signing and start of civil works 2021 – Target for major civil‑works completion 2022 – Systems installation (track, signalling, power) 2023–2024 – Testing and commissioning 2025 – Opening target (this was the first public “operational” date) That 2025 target was later revised to 2027, then quietly stretched to 2028, and finally re‑packaged as “2030”, the date they are now insisting they can still meet despite being 34.5 percentage points behind schedule. This is why the line about “accelerating work” is simply laughable. You don’t accelerate a project that has already slipped five years from its first published operational target. Then again, there's Rama 2 - the “never‑ending project” and running joke for anything in Thailand that’s permanently under construction and permanently “accelerating”!
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