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Bangkok - Aranyaprathet: 1926 255 km (158 mi) Metre gauge: Makkasan - Mae Nam: 1909 3 km (1.9 mi) Metre gauge: Sam Sen - Makkasan (Chitlada Triangular Junction) 1936 3 km (1.9 mi) Metre gauge: Chachoengsao Junction - Ban Phlu Ta Luang: 1989 123 km (76 mi) Metre gauge: Aranyaprathet - Poipet, Cambodia: 2019 (reopened) 6 km (3.7 mi) Meter gauge
It previously served as the southern end of the International Express from Bangkok, Thailand, which now ends at Padang Besar. [1] The station is located near to, and linked via covered pedestrian walkways, the Penang Sentral and the Sultan Abdul Hamid Ferry Terminal for ferries to Penang Island.
Japan would provide Shinkansen technology for a high-speed rail link between Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai. Phase 1 would connect Bangkok to Phitsanulok. It is estimated to cost 280 billion baht. Seven stations are planned for this segment: Krung Thep Aphiwat, Don Mueang, Ayutthaya, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit, and Phitsanulok.
The plan aimed to extend the mass transit lines and build new constructions to achieve a total length of 103 kilometers, including the Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System (BERTS). When the BERTS project was canceled, the MTMP was renamed the Urban Rail Transportation Master Plan in Bangkok and Surrounding Area (URMAP). URMAP proposed a mass ...
An official opening ceremony did not take place because of World War One. Long-distance trips were interrupted for overnight stays with the Royal State Railways of Siam providing hotels at major train stations. In 1922, night traffic and sleeping cars were introduced and the travel time from Bangkok to Penang reduced to just over 30 hours.
The 1,151-kilometre line is busier than the East Coast railway line because the West Coast railway line handles a variety of passenger train services such as the KTM ETS services, the KTM Intercity services, the International Express, the KTM Komuter in the Klang Valley and Greater Penang areas, and freight trains. Of this total length, 759 km ...
Although proposals for the development of rapid transit in Bangkok had been made since 1975, [1] leading to plans for the failed Lavalin Skytrain, it was only in 1999 that the BTS finally began operation. The rail system reaches into the neighbouring provinces of Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan.
This would initially involve two lines: [32] from Bangkok to the Lao border, and a longer line from Bangkok along the peninsula to the Malay border. In 2024, long distance overnight train services between Bangkok and Vientiane Khamsavath railway station were started. Shuttle trains to Udon Thani are also being operated in conjunction with the ...