(TNA) – Two trains of an overall nine for the Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi Airport rail link project will arrive at Laem Chabang port in the eastern province of Chonburi mid-October, according to Mr. Bancha Kongnakorn, Acting Governor of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

The first batch of eight carriages manufactured by Siemens is scheduled to arrive on October 15.

Earlier, senior SRT officials travelled to Germany to check the completion of the trains.

On November 9, Transport Minister Thira Haocharoen and Deputy Transport Minister Sansern Wongcha-um will hold a press conference on the Suvarnabhumi airport rail link project.

When all nine trains arrive and construction of the airport rail link is complete, a test run will be conducted.

According to Siemens, the four-car express trains will operate on the 25.7 kilometre railway from the Bangkok City Air Terminal in the Makkasan-Asoke area to the new airport terminal.

The system is designed so that passengers can check-in at the City Air Terminal and have their luggage conveniently transported in the baggage compartment of the train without further handling, the source said.