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Govt to build 40bn baht railway
Thailand will spend 40 billion baht ($975 million) to build an elevated train network in Bangkok after studies showed a plan for a special lane for buses wouldn't ease traffic, Transport Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said.
Work on the train line between Bang Sue in the capital and Bangyai district in nearby Nonthaburi province will start next year, Pongsak told reporters in Bangkok today.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra set a plan for the government to spend as much as 1.7 trillion......
