Khon Kaen Set to Trial Light Rail Connecting Nong Khai and Bangkok

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Khon Kaen province has announced plans to trial a new light rail network to complement Thailand’s high-speed rail project, which will connect Nong Khai province and Bangkok, as well as the dual-track train network connecting Khon Kaen and Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Deputy Government spokesperson Traisuree Taisaranakul said the light trail prototype was on exhibit at the Isan Creative Festival 2022 from February 25 to March 6. She added that the 26-kilometer track will connect Samran in the northern section of Khon Kaen city to Tha Phra station in the south by 2025.

 

The Khon Kaen LRT project is supported by the Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council’s Administration and Capital Management Unit for Enhancing the Country’s Competitiveness (AEC).

 

AEC committed 100 million baht over a span of three years to assist a research team from Rajamangala University of Technology Isan Khon Kaen Campus (RMUTI-KKC) and Cho Thavee Plc, a leading engineer integrator in Khon Kaen.

 

Paiwan Kerdtuad, a lecturer from the Faculty of Engineering at RMUTI-KKC, is overseeing the fabrication of prototype parts, which comprise bogies, car bodies, traction motors, traction inverters, cooling systems, pantograph auxiliary power units, fasteners and a cushion sleeper.

 

In 2015, the mayor of Khon Kaen province proposed incorporating the Khon Kaen LRT project into the city’s Smart City initiative.

 

The mayor of Khon Kaen Municipality said officials from the Khon Kaen Transit System Co (KKTS), a corporation formed and registered to operate the system, are currently conducting an environmental impact assessment on the project.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-03-07

 

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[Henk Langeweg]

Nice, very nice, skull.

[starky]

So they going to build light rail from Khon Kaen  to Bkk for a trial? Seems a rather large trial and as realistically Nong Khai is nowhere near Khon Kaen how does it "complement" the high speed rail. Surely a trial out of Nong Khai or even Udon would make more sense. Sense? Sorry, silly me TIT.

[Danderman123]

43 minutes ago, starky said:

So they going to build light rail from Khon Kaen  to Bkk for a trial? Seems a rather large trial and as realistically Nong Khai is nowhere near Khon Kaen how does it "complement" the high speed rail. Surely a trial out of Nong Khai or even Udon would make more sense. Sense? Sorry, silly me TIT.

No.

 

The light rail is only in the city of Khon Kaen.

[ChrisY1]

10 hours ago, starky said:

So they going to build light rail from Khon Kaen  to Bkk for a trial? Seems a rather large trial and as realistically Nong Khai is nowhere near Khon Kaen how does it "complement" the high speed rail. Surely a trial out of Nong Khai or even Udon would make more sense. Sense? Sorry, silly me TIT.

Read the OP again

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, Henk Langeweg said:

Nice, very nice, skull.

I thought it was a mannequin?

[Artisi]

As usual, the lead headline is completely screwed and misleading in meaning  compared to the actual story. 

[mtls2005]

DIY?

 

Appears to be up on blocks, already.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4YODM1TPk8

 

Yes, Khon Kaen has had ambitious public transpo plans for a LRT system for ten plus years.

 

The 22-stations north-south route is planned for phase 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 8, 2022 by mtls2005

[Henk Langeweg]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

I thought it was a mannequin?

It! You call that Beauty, IT! grrr. I don't know, maybe Womannequin.

[herfiehandbag]

16 hours ago, starky said:

So they going to build light rail from Khon Kaen  to Bkk for a trial? Seems a rather large trial and as realistically Nong Khai is nowhere near Khon Kaen how does it "complement" the high speed rail. Surely a trial out of Nong Khai or even Udon would make more sense. Sense? Sorry, silly me TIT.

 

16 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

No.

 

The light rail is only in the city of Khon Kaen.

It appears that they are proposing a light rail branch line to feed into the existing system.

 

Mind you, if there were a prize for misleading headlines...

[Burma Bill]

16 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

The light rail is only in the city of Khon Kaen.

Yes indeed. It has been on the books since pre-Covid -19 days and should have been fully operational in 2022!

•  12 September 2018

Khon Kaen’s ambitious plan to develop its own light rail network is about to be realised as the proposal will be vetted by the Land Traffic Management Commission later this month.

 

https://thailand.opendevelopmentmekong.net/news/khon-kaen-light-rail-plan-set/

[Nong Khai Man]

19 hours ago, Henk Langeweg said:

Nice, very nice, skull.

Nah,She's Ugly !!