HSL project built with Thai entrepreneur money
The Thai government said that the $6,8 billion HSL project will be financed by the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) and 12 other entrepreneurs. This HSL project will be the three major airports of Thailand together. This statement is further supported by stakeholders from the East Economic Corridor (EEC).
The decision by the Prayut-led government came after CP and 12 other entrepreneurs proposed a $6,8 billion investment on the project last year. This was completed on May 28, according to Kanit Sangsubhan, General Secretary of the EEC.
This rail link connects the main international airports S with the airports Don Mueang in the north of Bangkok with U-Tapao near Pattaya in Eastern Thailand.
This project will have to be completed in 5 years. The US$45 billion EEC project is the government's core program to invest in High Tech industries.
The CP group is not familiar with the development in the field of railways and has announced that China Railway Construction, Hyundai from South Korea, Siemens from Germany and a Japanese bank, among others, are moving to international cooperation. Another interested party to participate is Ping An Insurance Group for telecommunications and Japan's Itochu Corp.
An interesting question at the time was whether the "station" of Pattaya would be moved and where it would be rebuilt. The general tendency then was to keep it in the same location. It goes without saying that the current little station with a train twice a day will disappear.
Another nice point of attention is how this HSL line will cross the newly constructed major highway to Rayong and you will have to slam on the brakes to stop at Pattaya. It could just be that Pattaya is skipped and U-Tapao is considered a stop and you travel to Pattaya by bus, about 20 minutes.
I wonder how fast this line will become, as I believe there will be more than 10 stops on the route. seems more like a sprinter than a high speed train to me if it has to stop every 30 km.
But it depends how you look at it, compared to the current slow trains with 45 km / h, 120 km / h is already quite an improvement, but it is still far from a TGV.
Mark my words the project cannot be made for that amount but add at least $1,5 billion.
How so full on the brakes?
Ben
Where the train will cross the highway to Pattaya is a relatively short route to get there at high speed
to come to a stop.
As far as pattaya is concerned, people are starting to reduce speed, so no problem to maintain the station.
If you have a total enemy stopping time of 30 minutes and a route length of 175 km, the travel time from Don Muang to Utapao will be approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. are based on a speed of 160 km/h. The average speed is approximately 100km/h.
Ben