According to a report by Thailand on the 23rd, the Ministry of Communications of Thailand announced that the Ministry of Communications is expected to invest 54 billion baht (about RMB 654.38+008 billion) to purchase trains, tools and power systems. China-Thailand railway needs. The money will be lent to domestic financial institutions. Because the amount is small, and the domestic Thai baht loan interest rate is currently at a low level, which is more favorable than the Bank of China and the World Bank, it is expected to negotiate with relevant departments again.

It is reported that the high-speed train purchased this time will have 12 trains, each with 8 carriages and 800 seats, including economy class and business class. The food sold on the train will adopt the products of the "one town, one product" project in various places. The Sino-Thai Railway is the flagship project of pragmatic cooperation between the two countries and an important interconnection project between the two countries under the framework of the "Belt and Road".

Sino-Thai Railway is the first standard gauge high-speed railway in Thailand. It uses China technology. The first phase of the project connects the capital Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima in the northeast, with a total length of about 253 kilometers and a design top speed of 250 kilometers per hour. There are 6 stations along the route. The second phase of the project will extend to the opening of the corridor separated from Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and realize the connection with the section from Mo Ding to Vientiane in China-Laos Railway.

The first phase of the Sino-Thai railway cooperation project was officially started in Bachong County, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on 2 1.