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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–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

Gulf of Thailand Seawall: The Greater Bangkok flood barrier and new sea city

October 7, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The plan to build a city on artificial islands in the Gulf of Thailand to form a seawall for Greater Bangkok. The Bang Khun Thian land reclamation project is a proposed megaproject to build artificial islands in the Gulf of Thailand as part of a flood defence system for Greater Bangkok. The reclaimed land would […]

Filed Under: Megaprojects Tagged With: bangkok, seawall, thailand

Bangkok should scrap the Light Red Line extension and build this instead

July 2, 2024 By James Clark 3 Comments

Bangkok is planning to build the Don Mueang–Suvarnabhumi–U-Tapao high-speed railway (the High-Speed Rail Linking Three Airports Project). Bangkok is also planning the eastern extension of the Light Red Line commuter railway in the same corridor. The Light Red Line eastern extension is an unnecessary duplication of resources. The money and labour hours should be directed […]

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

How to fix Makkasan Station, Bangkok’s failed City Air Terminal

June 25, 2024 By James Clark 3 Comments

Makkasan Station is a station on the Airport Rail Link (ARL) connecting central Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi Airport. It’s a grand station from the outside, but on the inside it’s a ghost town. [City Air Terminal at Makkasan Station, now off-limits to passengers.] The station was built with check-in counters for flights, so you could check-in […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Railways Tagged With: bangkok, makkasan, railway station, thailand

Bangkok Light Blue Line Monorail

January 9, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Light Blue Line is a proposed monorail in Bangkok. The line would run along a north–south axis from Din Daeng to Sathon. The line was included on the Department of Rail Transport’s masterplan for Bangkok (The Second Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (M-MAP 2)). This masterplan was updated in 2023, […]

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

One Bangkok: New urban development in Lumphini

July 11, 2023 By James Clark 1 Comment

One Bangkok

One Bangkok is a new urban development in central Bangkok. This mixed-use development includes offices, retail space, luxury hotels, residences, and cultural and social spaces. The site will include a 430-metre, 90-storey signature tower. The 16.70-hectare site was previously the location of the Suan Lum Night Bazaar, providing a rare opportunity to create such a […]

Filed Under: New Urban Areas Tagged With: bangkok, thailand

Bangkok Yellow Line: A review of the first monorail in Thailand

July 3, 2023 By Greg Jorgensen 2 Comments

Thailand is a country of baby steps. With most things, change comes slowly, but it’s usually for the best, and this sentiment sums up Bangkok’s transit system perfectly. When Bangkok’s first mass transit system opened in 1999 with 23 stations along 2 BTS lines (the light green Sukhumvit line and the dark green Silom line) […]

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

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