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Tag: State Railway of Thailand

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha takes a window seat on board a special train. A political foe to Yingluck, he has disavowed the "rice-for-bullet train" agreement with China. Photo: Bangkok Post via AFP/Chanat Katanyu
Posted inAT Finance, Thailand

Unlikely engine for Thai economic growth

by Peter Janssen June 11, 2019February 18, 2020

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT), the kingdom’s most indebted and hidebound state enterprise, is in expansion mode. The outgoing military government recently gave SRT the green light to hire over 1,900 new staff, marking the first the loss-making enterprise has recruited new full-time employees in over two decades. The hiring spree comes as Thailand […]

Posted inAT Finance, Thailand

Ruling shunts Thai railways deeper into debt

by Asia Times staff April 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha looks at a model train that he had picked up and left derailed after delivering a speech to open the Second Thai Rail Industry Symposium and Exhibition at the Airport Rail Link Makkasan station, March 16, 2016. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia, Thailand

Thai junta rushes to keep its plans on track

by Peter Janssen June 12, 2018February 18, 2020
An aerial view of the State Railway of Thailand's undeveloped Makkasan plot in downtown Bangkok, Photo: Post  Today via AFP/Krit Promsaka na Sakolnakorn
Posted inAT Finance, China, Middle East, Thailand

Thai state railway to open golden empty lands

by Peter Janssen February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

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