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THAILAND-LAOS RAIL SERVICE BEGINS IN LATE APRIL.

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BANGKOK, March 3 Asia Pulse - Rail service between Thailand and neighbouring Laos will start late this April, and the Thai Ministry of Transport is confident that the direct link will further enhance tourism and trade between the two countries.

Chaisawat Kittipornpaiboon, Thailand's permanent secretary for Transport, said the rail lines of the two countries were connected on the Thai-Lao 'Mitraphab' Friendship Bridge in the Thai border province of Nong Khai on February 20. The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) ...

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