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Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Railway

March 14, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Railway is a proposed standard gauge railway that would run alongside the current meter-gauge railway used by Thailand and Malaysia. The line would be between 1,400km and 1,500km long and would be able to make the trip in six hours. The line would go via Hat Yai-Padang Besar and […]

Filed Under: Malaysia, Railways, Thailand Tagged With: bangkok, high speed rail, kuala lumpur

Bangkok – Hua Hin High-Speed Railway

March 14, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Bangkok – Hua Hin high-speed railway is a proposed railway that would run on a standard gauge track at up to 250 kilometres per hour. The current railway is a meter gauge line that takes from 4 to 5 hours to travel the 229.8 km from Bangkok Hualamphong to Hua Hin. This is being […]

Filed Under: Railways, Thailand Tagged With: bangkok, high speed rail, hua hin, thailand

Bangkok Urban Rail Transit Update – 2021 Edition

December 27, 2021 By James Clark 1 Comment

The urban rail transit system of Bangkok is going through its biggest expansion since the BTS opened in 1999. Two commuter rail lines opened this year, two monorail lines are scheduled to open next year, and another new MRT line in 2023. This is an annual summary of lines under construction, news for established lines, […]

Filed Under: Thailand, Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, metro, monorail, thailand

Bangkok construction update – 2021 edition

December 21, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

This update is a snapshot of progress of major projects around Bangkok in December 2021. An ongoing list of projects can be found on the Future Bangkok page. This Bangkok construction update is part of the ongoing construction updates series for cities in Southeast Asia. One Bangkok Address: Wireless, Rama IV, Sathorn Road, Bangkok. One […]

Filed Under: Construction Updates, Thailand Tagged With: 2021 construction updates, bangkok, thailand

Makkasan Train Factory Redevelopment

December 14, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Makkasan Train Factory and railway yards is a 22.4-hectare plot of land in Ratchathewi district, central Bangkok. The land is next to the Makkasan Airport Rail Link and Makkasan Station. The land is owned by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), and there are plans to develop the land into a new urban area. There […]

Filed Under: Megaprojects, Thailand Tagged With: bangkok, makkasan, thailand

Bangkok Grey Line Monorail

December 7, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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: Thailand, Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, monorail, thailand

Hua Lamphong Station – News and redevelopment plans for Bangkok Railway Station

November 15, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Hua Lamphong Station (officially Bangkok Railway Station) is the main train station of Bangkok. After over 100 years of service, it’s set to be replaced by the new Bang Sue Grand Station. Hua Lamphong is scheduled to close in December 2021. The relocation of Bangkok’s central station was announced in 2015, where it was said […]

Filed Under: Railways, Thailand Tagged With: bangkok, hua lamphong, railway station, thailand

Comparison of cost and construction times of first metro lines in Asia

November 6, 2021 By James Clark 6 Comments

The first metro lines of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are under construction, and like most first lines of a metro system, they are delayed and over budget. Line 2A of the Hanoi Metro was originally planned to be operational by 2016, while the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City had an […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, china, delhi, guangzhou, hanoi, ho chi minh city, india, lahore, metro, pakistan, shanghai, singapore, taipei, taiwan, thailand, vietnam

Bangkok – Chiang Mai High-Speed Railway

October 19, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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, Thailand Tagged With: bangkok, chiang mai, high speed rail, thailand

Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City by rail on the Southern Economic Corridor Railway

August 9, 2021 By James Clark 1 Comment

The Southern Economic Corridor is a proposed transport route that would connect the port of Dawei in Myanmar to ports in Vietnam, via Thailand and Cambodia. This is an alternative route to the East-East Economic Corridor. [Map via anz.com.] The Southern Economic Corridor route goes from Dawei to Bangkok and then on to Aranyaprathet on […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Myanmar, Railways, Thailand, Vietnam Tagged With: aranyaprathet, bangkok, cambodia, dawei, ho chi minh city, myanmar, phnom penh, pleiku, quy nhon, railways, siem reap, thailand, vietnam, vung tau

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