Thailand’s China-built high-speed rail on track but delayed
A train sits below an elevated track still under construction as part of the Thai-Chinese Bangkok-Nong Khai high-speed railway project, at Sung Noen Station in Nakhon Ratchasima province, in Thailand. One of Thailand's oldest railway stations is facing demolition as the kingdom presses ahead with a long-delayed Chinese-backed high-speed line that has caused unease about lost heritage and ties to Beijing. – AFP pic, April 12, 2023.
ONE of Thailand’s oldest railway stations is facing demolition as the kingdom presses ahead with a long-delayed Chinese-backed high-speed line that has caused unease about lost heritage and closer ties to Beijing. Concrete piers supporting the new elevated track tower over bright green rice paddies, cutting a strip through a quiet corner of Thailand’s poor, rural northeast.
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