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Bangkok trip report (2025 edition)

February 19, 2026 By James Clark

The largest urban rooftop garden in Thailand, boring blue boxes (a panacea for the blight of boring blue boxes), the apartment where you can drive to your living room, the Chinatown new urban area (and a new Chinatown arch), Orange Line update, and building a floodwater tunnel under a canal. This is my annual Bangkok […]

Filed Under: Construction Updates Tagged With: 2025 construction updates, bangkok, thailand

The MRTA board approved a budget of 58.7 million baht for the construction of a pedestrian walkway connecting Hua Mak and Lak Si stations

February 5, 2026 By Future Southeast Asia Leave a Comment

The MRTA board approved a budget of over 58.7 million baht for fiscal year 2027 to construct a skywalk connecting Hua Mak station (Yellow Line and Airport Link), along with a pedestrian walkway connecting Lak Si station (Pink Line and Red Line). The proposal will be submitted to the new Cabinet for consideration. Construction is […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bangkok, bangkok mass transit, thailand

Thailand’s first Shinkansen-style high-speed rail line, “Bangkok–Chiang Mai,” awaits a new government to move forward, as the EIA has not yet expired.

January 26, 2026 By Future Southeast Asia Leave a Comment

Article By: dailynews.co.th Thailand’s first Shinkansen high-speed rail line, “Bangkok-Chiang Mai,” is hoping the new government will approve its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to prevent it from expiring, despite being approved 9 years ago without construction. It plans to share its route with the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project. The “Daily News Transport Innovation Team” reported […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bangkok, chiang mai, high speed rail, thailand

Bangkok – Chiang Mai High-Speed Railway

January 26, 2026 By James Clark 3 Comments

The Bangkok – Chiang Mai High-Speed Railway (also known as the Northern High-speed Railway) is a proposed high-speed railway that would be built alongside the current Northern Line in Thailand. Japan has proposed building the railway in partnership with Thailand, and the line would be a Shinkansen-like bullet train similar to that used in Japan. […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: bangkok, chiang mai, high speed rail, thailand

Bangkok Grey Line Monorail

August 14, 2025 By James Clark 2 Comments

The Grey Line is a proposed monorail line in Bangkok by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The Grey Line would provide another north-south route connecting the northeast suburbs to central Bangkok. The first section that has been proposed is the 19-kilometre segment from Watcharapol to Thong Lor. This begins in the north at Watcharapol Station […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, bangkok mass transit, monorail, thailand

Benjakitti Park: A forest and wetland park in the heart of Bangkok

May 5, 2025 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Benjakitti Park is a public park in Khlong Toei District of Bangkok, Thailand. The park is on former land of the tobacco monopoly (the Tobacco Authority of Thailand). The factory was relocated and the land was converted into a park in 1992. Benjakitti Park was established in honour of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen […]

Filed Under: Urban Parks Tagged With: bangkok, parks, thailand

Bangkok construction update (2024/2025 edition)

March 17, 2025 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Another mall at Siam, the future “Shinjuku of Bangkok”, more classic hotels that have been lost, the South Sukhumvit Innovation District, and a mega project in Chinatown. This is the annual Bangkok construction update, where I visit the most prominent construction projects around the city. Bangkok is one of my most visited cities in Southeast […]

Filed Under: Construction Updates Tagged With: 2025 construction updates, bangkok, thailand

Bangkok–Nong Khai High-Speed Railway (China-Thailand Railway)

February 4, 2025 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Bangkok–Nong Khai high-speed railway is an under-construction railway that will connect Bangkok to Nong Khai in northeast Thailand on the Laos border. It will then be connected to the Laos-China Railway, providing a railway connection from Bangkok to Vientiane, and onwards to Kunming in China. This new railway is a double-track standard-gauge line that […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: ayutthaya, bang sue, bangkok, don muang, high speed rail, khon kaen, nakhon ratchasima, nong khai, thailand, udon thani

Bangkok M-MAP 2: Official map of future urban rail transit lines in Bangkok

February 4, 2025 By James Clark 2 Comments

Second Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (M-MAP 2) M-MAP 2 is the official master plan by the Department of Rail Transport for rail transit n the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. M-MAP 2 is an updated version of M-MAP 1, including 33 routes of current, proposed, and under construction lines. Official M-MAP 2 […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, bangkok mass transit, maps, mass rapit transit, thailand

Cloud 11 Bangkok: Creator economy hub in South Sukhumvit Innovation District

January 24, 2025 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Cloud 11 is a mixed-use development on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok that is being styled as a creator economy hub. The complex is comprised of four towers on top of a mega podium that will include an elevated urban garden. Cloud 11 is opposite True Digital Park, and this area in Phra Khanong is being […]

Filed Under: Building Projects Tagged With: bangkok, thailand

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