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Cabinet approves 2 Red Line contracts

A cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved the signing of two of three contracts to build a section of the Red Line electric railway, Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt said.

The first contract involves the construction of the Bang Sue central terminal and a maintenance facility. The contract, worth 29 billion baht, has been awarded to SU Joint Venture, comprising Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc and Unique Engineering and Construction Plc.

The second is for the construction of rail tracks and train stations. Italian-Thai Development Plc secured the contract, valued at 21.2 billion baht. The two contracts are part of a 36km section of the Red Line electric railway linking Bang Sue in Bangkok and Rangsit in Pathum Thani province.

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    Discussion 1 : 09 Jan 2013 at 09.261

    How about approving all the lines we need now and building them instead of putting more cars on the road and making the city harder to live in .The taxpayers need to get to work .

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