Nakhon Ratchasima main railway station is one of hundreds of old stations which will be demolished and replaced with new buildings under the State Railway of Thailand's double-tracks upgrade. Under the SRT's development scheme almost all of the 443 old stations will have to go. Demolition work at some stations had already begun, and so local officials had been assigned to take photos of the old stations and document all possible details for the reconstruction project. Mr Wichian said he would hold talks with the SRT about the possibility of participating in the project by handing over the old structures to provincial authorities free of charge. The SRT would be allowed to keep ownership of these buildings, but they would be maintained by provincial authorities, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 02, 2017 03:22 UTC