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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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Thailand targets 2030 completion of first phase of high-speed rail link to China

A rendition of the Fuxing Hao CR300 train made by China’s CRRC, slated to run between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima. (File photo)

The Thai government aims ⁠to complete the ​construction of a 250-kilometre (155-mile) section of a high-speed rail ​line that will connect ‌it to China by 2030, as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul concluded a five-day visit to the country.

Thailand's new rail projects are intended to be part of Beijing's ​vision for ⁠a 3,900-km rail network that would connect the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming to as far south as Singapore.

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