Bangkok-Padang Besar-Butterworth route coming back on track

BANGKOK: Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to revive the Bangkok-Padang Besar-Butterworth direct train service, according to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

Chief of the Governor's Office of the SRT, Ekkarat Sriarayanphong, said the plan was agreed upon in principle during the 42nd Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB)-SRT joint conference held last week in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia's state of Sabah.