Bangkok plans massive rail project to solve congestion and pollution woes


Exhaust from gas-guzzling vehicles, as well as power generators, has been blamed for contributing to hazardous haze blanketing Bangkok and parts of the country over the past several months. - AP

BANGKOK (Bloomberg): A city famous for traffic jams is looking to solve its congestion and pollution woes by building a massive train station and overhauling its rail network.

Bangkok, a capital choked by daily gridlock and seasonal toxic haze, is at the centre of plans for Thailand’s biggest rail development project that will make travel by train possible to China and Singapore, and will connect most major Thai cities to Bangkok and its expanding transit systems.

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