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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–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

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