The new railway developments, which are part of Tokyo’s move to form an economic partnership with the Thai government, includes the construction of a new 670-kilometre rail route for high-speed trains from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, as well as 574 kilometres of double-track rail routes from Kanchanburi to Bangkok and Chachoengsao to Sa Kaeo’s Aranyaprathet district, which borders Cambodia in the East.
The latter project also links the capital with Chachoengsao and Laem Chabang, the country’s key industrial zone, in the eastern province of Chon Buri.