Thailand: Light rail system plan for Phuket
#1
Posted 05 May 2009 - 08:16 AM
Phuket earned notoriety several years ago when a tsunami slammed the island.......so maybe the LRT should be wireless.
Sloan
#2
Posted 27 February 2011 - 12:58 PM
Sloan
http://phuketwan.com...l-legacy-13743/
#3
Posted 22 January 2015 - 09:15 AM
According to Phuket Governor Nisit Chansomwong, the project is expected to cost 24 billion baht. The project has passed three public hearings, with the first held in December 2013, then in the middle of last year and January 8 of this year.
http://www.bangkokpo...plan-for-phuket
Considering that Phuket suffered a devastating tsunami several years ago, I would think the system would be a wireless operation. BTW, at current exchange rate, 24 billion baht converts to: $736 million.
Sloan
#4
Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:15 AM
Light-rail line envisioned for Phuket
The Transport Ministry foresees a light-rail system inside Phuket and from the island province to Phangnga to boost Phuket’s tourism industry. Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said on Thursday that...
http://www.bangkokpo...oned-for-phuket
#5
Posted 18 January 2016 - 09:30 AM
B2bn light rail system in the works for Phuket
PHUKET: A light rail system worth more than 2 billion baht will be constructed between Phuket International Airport and Chalong intersection to boost the country’s tourism in the South.
http://www.thephuket...huket-55823.php
#6
Posted 20 January 2018 - 09:24 AM
Phuket light-rail EIA to be submitted next week
PHUKET: The Office of Natural Resources and Environment Policy and Planning (ONEP) this week conducted a survey of light-rail construction sites in Phuket and Phang Nga ahead of the office planning to submit the B39-billion mega-project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) next Friday (Jan 26).
Read more at https://www.thephuke...WT7a3b1Zo001.99
#7
Posted 29 October 2018 - 10:57 AM
The Phuket News, 10/29/18:
Phuket light-rail up open to public by 2023
Local residents will be able to get on board Phuket’s light-rail by 2023, a top official behind the project has assured.
If reading this out loud, please watch how you pronounce that!!
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