The cabinet has approved a bill to expropriate land in five provinces in the central region for the first phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project that will link Bangkok to Nong Khai.
Rachada Dhnadirek, a deputy government spokeswoman, said the bill designates 667 rai of land and 1,130 buildings in Bangkok for expropriation.
The double-track railway will be 1.435 metres wide along 253 kilometres of track for the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section. There will be four stations and one maintenance depot. The budget for the expropriation is estimated at 1.79 billion baht.
