News / September start on Thai-Laos-China rail freight link, but gauge may be a problem

© Khunaspix Dreamstime.

Construction of a new double-track railway connecting Thailand with Laos and China is due to commence in September.

An estimated 734km of track will connect Laem Chabang, Thailand’s gateway container port, with Nong Khai, an industrial border area adjacent to the Laotian capital of Vientiane. From there the railway will run to Kunming, capital of the country’s southern Yunnan Province and designated as China’s overland hub to serve South-east Asia.

News of the construction was announced last week by Thailand’s transport minister ...