kagi wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:38 pm , during a remote meeting with Saksayam Chidchob, Minister of Transport of Thailand on April 20.

The main purpose of the meeting is to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the public works and transportation sectors, both within the bilateral and in the regional framework.

Thailand has been talking about high speed trains for years. Not much happening and none planned going to Cambodia.

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Spigzy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:14 pm It's one of those really weird things that I wondered why Cambodia hadn't bothered with rail (until Royal Toll started running) - and even then in the UK "fast" trains are anything but. Then you see the USA with its massive distances likewise is still carrying freight on roads instead of investing in high speed rail.

Heck even the frogs have decent high speed rail - probably inspired by the Maginot Line withdrawal, and that Shanghai airport express thing is unreal. On a private business front I guess some of the numbers don't stack up, but if you're in government, surely high speed transport between borders and from ports/cities top of the "to do" list as far as generating a healthy economy goes?

Surely there is a CEO expert on trains here who can give some insight. I know the cows/trucks etc are an issue, but surely that's solved by simply raising the track on a steep slope so no livestock can wander up on to it & crossings you turn into bridges/tunnels to avoid the weekly Samnang parking his truck on a railway.