The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) board has finally approved the results of a bid for construction contracts for two double-track rail projects, one in the North and the other in the Northeast.

It revealed that the bidding for three construction contracts for the 72.9-billion-baht Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong route as well as for the other two contracts required for the construction of the 55.4-billion-baht Ban Phai-Maha Sarakham-Roi Et-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom route were conducted from June to July.

SRT governor Nirut Maneephan said the approved bidding results include:

a 26.5-billion-baht contract awarded to the ITD-NWR Consortium to build the 104km Den Chai-Ngao section,

a 26.9-billion-baht contract awarded to CKST-DC Consortium to build the 135km Ngao-Chiang Rai section, and,

a 19.3-billion-baht contract also awarded to CKST-DC for the 84km Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong section.

The other two contracts were awarded to AS-CHO Thavee and Associates Consortium and UNIQ Consortium for the 180km Ban Phai-Nong Phok section and the 175km Nong Phok-Sapha Mittraphap section, respectively.