The bullet train project will be put to Cabinet within two weeks, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday after a recent try out of Shanghai's super sprinter.
"After that, it should be able to proceed to Parliament," Abhisit said with-out mentioning who would submit the proposal.
He was speaking on his weekly television show.
Last week Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu of the Democrat Party and Transport Minister Sophon Saram of the Bhum Jai Thai Party were reportedly wran-gling over the multibillion-baht project.
Abhisit said the train ride in Shanghai took just seven minutes to cover 30 kilome-tres. He said his government was determined to develop a similar rail system in Thailand, which would be integrated into the regional rail network.
Whether the proposal would sail through the Cabinet and Parliament would depend on preparations made by state agencies, he said.