泰国军政府确定连接中国的高铁计划

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Thai junta sets plan for fast rail links toChina

泰国军政府确定连接中国的高铁计划

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's militarygovernment approved a massive budget to upgrade the country's railwaysincluding high-speed rail that would eventually link with China as part of aneight-year plan to improve infrastructure, officials said Wednesday.

曼谷（美联社）——泰国军政府通过了一项巨大的预算以升级该国的铁路系统包括高铁，高铁最终将链接到中国，这是泰国8年期基础设施提高计划中的一部分内容，官员周三说。

The junta approved 741.46 billion baht($23.3 billion) to build two high-speed train routes that will connectThailand's industrialized eastern seaboard with its northern and thenortheastern borders, Transport Ministry permanent secretary Soithip Traisuth said.

军政府通过了这个7414.6亿泰铢（233亿美元）的预算以建造两条高铁线路，将把泰国东部沿海的工业基地同北部和东北部边界相连，泰国交通部常务书记如是说。

Similar plans initiated last year byThailand's elected government, which was ousted in a May 22 military coup, werescrapped by the Constitutional Court in March. It said the administration'sbill to borrow 2 trillion baht ($63 billion) to fund transport and waterinfrastructure was unconstitutional.

去年泰国的民选政府也提出了类似的计划，但是在三月份被宪法法院推翻，而在5月22号民选政府被军事集团政变推翻。在当时的判决中宪法法院认为政府借款2万亿泰铢（630亿美元）来发展交通和基础设施建设是一种违宪行为。

The junta's high-speed trains will travelat 160 kilometers (99 miles) per hour, slower than proposed by the oustedgovernment, and will eventually "provide links to the north to China andLaos and down to Malaysia and Singapore," said Soithip, who is also theacting transport minister.

军政府的这个高铁项目运行时速将达到160公里，比被驱逐的民选政府所提议的时速低，而且将链接北部的中国和老挝，南下则链接马来西亚和新加坡。

China has deepened economic ties with manySoutheast Asia countries despite tensions over Beijing's claims to most of theSouth China Sea. Rail links that extend deep into the region would boost tradeand other commerce with China, the world's No. 2 economy.

尽管中国声称对南海大部分地区拥有主权，但中国已经加深了同很多东南亚国家的经济关系。铁路的接通将进一步加深中国同这些国家的贸易和商业往来。

The construction of the two routes, fromNong Khai in the northeast and Chiang Khong in the north, will start in 2015and should be completed by 2021.

连接东北部廊开府以及北部清孔的两条线路的建设将于2015年动工，预计2021年完成。

The officials didn't explain why the juntashelved the former's government plan for a high-speed rail line that wouldconnect Bangkok with Chiang Mai, a stronghold of ousted prime minister YingluckShinawatra.

官员们并没有解释为什么搁置了前政府连接曼谷和清迈的高铁线路建设计划，清迈是被驱逐总理英拉的大本营。

The junta has been considering totalspending of 3 trillion baht ($94 billion) on transport and otherinfrastructure.

泰国军政府考虑花费3万亿泰铢（940亿美元）用以建设交通和其他基础设施。

Under the junta's plans, Thailand will alsoexpand dual-track railways. The spending also includes the development ofinter-city trains, public transportation to ease congestion in Bangkok and itsgreater metropolitan area, expansion of nationwide highways to support bordertrade and upgrades of the capacity of ports and airports.

在目前军政府的计划下，泰国也会对双轨铁路进行扩张。还包括发展城际列车，发展公共交通以解决曼谷及其大都会区的拥挤，扩展全国高速公路以支持边境贸易，以及升级港口和机场的运力。