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A year later in August 2012, the Thai government announced the plans to build four high-speed rail lines, including extensions to Nong Khai and Hat Yai by 2022. [41] In October 2013, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang , on a visit to Thailand, promoted Chinese high-speed rail technology and offered loan packages for high-speed rail construction that ...
Hat Yai Junction has been a target of multiple terrorist attacks during the South Thailand insurgency. 29 June 1977 - Bomb, 14 injured [3] 7 August 1977 - Bomb on Hat Yai–Bangkok Train; 1989 - 2 Bombs, 7 dead [3] 7 May 2001 - Bomb, 4 fatalities including a 5-year-old boy. [4]
Train services by the State Railway of Thailand [2] serving destinations in Thailand are: Train 45/46 Special Express - 1 arrival/departure per day from/to Krung Thep Aphiwat, combined service with Train 37/38 Special Express in Hat Yai; Trains 947/948 and 949/950 Ordinary Express - 2 arrivals/departures from/to Hat Yai
[21] [22] Expo and Changi Airport were opened on 10 January 2001 and 8 February 2002 respectively and operates under a shuttle service. Prior to 22 July 2003, train services from Boon Lay commences after the opening, but were later reverted to shuttle services due to low patronage.
The former site of the roadside terminal is now replaced with a bus stop and Service 36 and 401 serves the area today. It was constructed by the Singapore Bus Service in 1981 at a cost of $500,000, as part of its plan to eliminate roadside bus terminals. The terminal also allowed for more bus services to serve the Marine Parade area.
In January 1982, City Shuttle Service operator Singapore Shuttle Bus (SSB) lodged applications with the Ministry of Communications to establish a second bus operator and the Registry Of Vehicles for four bus depots. [2] The applications were approved on 12 March that year, with SSB to take over 11 services in Woodlands and Sembawang from SBS. [3]
The same year, the green light was also given to the construction of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) following a three-phase study conducted from 1972 to 1982 and a debate on an all-bus system against a bus-rail system. The initial MRT network opened in phases from 1987 to 1990, two years ahead of the original deadline of 1992.
The Trans-Asian Railway Network Agreement is an agreement signed on 10 November 2006, [2] by seventeen Asian nations as part of a United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) effort to build a transcontinental railway network between Europe and Pacific ports in China. [3]