On the 16th of October, the first Laos-China Railway passenger train departed from Kunming, headed for Vientiane.
The First Passenger Train between Kunming and Vientiane
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On the 16th of October, the first Laos-China Railway passenger train departed from Kunming, headed for Vientiane.
First contract signed between Thailand and China about the construction of a high speed railway between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima.
In late August 2017, the Government of Thailand announced that the construction of a high-speed train line between Bangkok and Nong Khai, a border town next Laos, will start next October. The first phase of this project will consist of