Beijing to Bangkok Train Just A Few Links From Reality

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In an article by Asia Times, Richard S. Ehrlich reports the progress update of the Bangkok to Beijing train.

A Bangkok to Beijing train journey became one clickity-clack link closer with the completion by Thailand and Laos of a Mekong River railway bridge and tracks last month, enabling cross-border rail transport with Laos for the first time and only a few kilometers remaining as the last trackless gap to reach China.

With the Thai-Lao railway’s new opening, a 12-hour-long train trip now runs from Bangkok’s main Krung Thep Aphiwat Station to Khamsavath Station in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Vientiane’s small Khamsavath Station, about six miles (9.6 kilometers) outside of the capital, is the final stop for the new Thai-Lao railway’s carriages. To reach China, passengers and cargo arriving by train from Bangkok still need to cross Vientiane’s streets via taxis, vans and other vehicles to traverse a few dozen miles from Khamsavath Station to Vientiane Railway Station, until that last rail link is constructed.