As a Thai. I'll give you the real reason for the delay. It's partly due to China at first. Yes, but that was quickly solved when the Thai govt opted to finance the project themself, because the negotiations was going nowhere. The real problem is the illegal squatters along the rail line. As the govt can't just relocate them without pursuing every legal channels first. That's the real issue here, even now they still going through every squatters one by one to slowly get them out. It's an annoyingly long and drawn out legal battleground. There's also another less known line that was supposed to be built simultaneously with this one. The EEC line, but it was auctioned to a private company and it faces the exact same problem and that private company has been holding that project hostage for more government money untill the squatter issue is completely resolved. Serve the government right for being a paleontological snail, but we pay the price with taxes. The same problem will occurred again with the future planned lines. Nothing will ever be finished on-time in Thailand, until the govt is smart enough to rewrite the law on squatters.
lol, your infographic at @10:48 bypasses the Singapore Straits. Which is The Major shipping lane from the Malacca Straits. You’re basically showing a route around Singapore, sailing south of the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan.
@@Looking4En If you think 200 km/h is enough for it to be called high Speed Rail then you're probably from that developing nation known as the USA. I built/assembled railway locomotives since 1995 for the Swiss Federal Railways. We wouldn't dare call the 200 km/h trains High Speed.
As a Thai. I'll give you the real reason for the delay. It's partly due to China at first. Yes, but that was quickly solved when the Thai govt opted to finance the project themself, because the negotiations was going nowhere. The real problem is the illegal squatters along the rail line. As the govt can't just relocate them without pursuing every legal channels first. That's the real issue here, even now they still going through every squatters one by one to slowly get them out. It's an annoyingly long and drawn out legal battleground. There's also another less known line that was supposed to be built simultaneously with this one. The EEC line, but it was auctioned to a private company and it faces the exact same problem and that private company has been holding that project hostage for more government money untill the squatter issue is completely resolved. Serve the government right for being a paleontological snail, but we pay the price with taxes. The same problem will occurred again with the future planned lines. Nothing will ever be finished on-time in Thailand, until the govt is smart enough to rewrite the law on squatters.
Won't be NEOM
Portugal high speed rail is hardly the biggest project. That Melaka island thing is already a white elephant
It may not be the biggest project but it definitely is not a white elephant
lol, your infographic at @10:48 bypasses the Singapore Straits. Which is The Major shipping lane from the Malacca Straits.
You’re basically showing a route around Singapore, sailing south of the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan.
let us invest in these projects as fanum tax skibidi bidoo
Neom where?
Outdated list,
The Melaka project had already been abandoned
OMG, just make it straight then it costs less and saves even more!
When was this made??
S'pore has a first-world PAP govt ranked the most effective in the world.❤
nonsensical rhetoric
Is this an AI voice? I need to know before i sub
No it's a real one!
thailand / china project for a canal will make this not feasible
220kmh isn't high-speed rail.
Above 200 km/h is a high-speed line, I've worked in the railroads so I can tell you.
@@Looking4En
If you think 200 km/h is enough for it to be called high Speed Rail then you're probably from that developing nation known as the USA.
I built/assembled railway locomotives since 1995 for the Swiss Federal Railways. We wouldn't dare call the 200 km/h trains High Speed.
@tigersharkzh you're own quote states that the minimum threshold for high-speed rail is 200kmh
And we're well into a major climate crisis; insane.