Thailand’s Ministry of Transport has selected the Province of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, as the site of a new national high-speed rail hub, according to InfraPPP.
The THB31.9 billion ($1.02 billion) project will be contracted as a public-private partnership (P3) project, with work to include the development of the double-track and high-speed railway station, as well as station buildings, offices, shopping centers and condominiums.
The transport hub will be located near Ayutthaya railway station and will connect with high-speed train lines linking Bangkok and the North and with Nakhon Ratchasima in the Northeast.
“This project will help Ayutthaya province develop its full potential with a variety of transport systems, green spaces, sidewalks and cycling routes,” said Roengsak Thongsom, director of the office’s Bureau of Transport and Traffic System Development, according to InfraPPP.
