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Thailand-Laos rail service commences
« on: March 05, 2009, 11:25:04 AM »
Thailand-Laos rail service commences 
Bangkok Post: 5/3/2009



Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the inauguration of the rail service linking Thanaleng train station in Laos and Nong Khai province in Thailand at 7.45am on Thursday.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Lao Deputy Prime Minister Boonyoung Worlajit also attended.

State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Yutthana Thapcharoen said about 500 passengers were expected to use this 3.5-kilometre rail service on a daily basis. The train will make four round trips a day over the Mekong river. A third-class ticket costs 20 baht and second-class 80 baht, he said.

If citizens from either country do not have a passport to ask for a visa, they can ask checkpoint officials for a temporary border pass, he said.


The SRT and Laos have agreed to extend the rail service from Thanaleng to Vientiane in the future, the governor added.

 

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