Malaysia-Thailand-Laos freight express to be operational in October | World

Malaysian Minister of Transport Wee Ka Siong flags off the practice’s first dry run (Picture: Laotian Instances). 

Vientiane (VNA) – The brand new freight practice ASEAN Categorical
connecting Malaysia, Thailand, and Laos will start working in October this
12 months.

The tri-country cargo transport operated by the Malaysian-based
railway firm Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) went via its dry run final
week to check all points to raised put together for the industrial launch of the
service, as reported by the Malaysian newspaper The Star.

To succeed in Laos from Malaysia, the practice must cross 2,206km via Thai stations in 72 hours. From the Tanaleng station in Laos’s Vientiane, the railway will
have connections to such Chinese language provinces as Kunming, Chengdu and Chongqing.

On the finish of this month, officers from Thailand will go to
Laos to debate the development of a railway connection between Thailand and
the Laos-China Railway, in accordance with the Laotian Instances./.