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Nonthaburi Civic Center: A missed opportunity to build a great transit hub

January 29, 2024 By James Clark 5 Comments

Nonthaburi Civic Center station is a Bangkok MRT station on the Purple Line, Pink Line, and the future Brown Line. Unfortunately for Bangkok, the station doesn’t provide an integrated transfer between lines. The urban rail transit system of Bangkok has been expanding at an impressive rate over the last decade. New lines have been added […]

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

Bangkok Urban Rail Transit Update – 2024 Edition

January 23, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Bangkok’s urban rail transit system added two new lines in 2023, bringing the total number of lines to ten. Two lines are currently under construction, and more lines are planned in the future. This is a summary of news, lines under construction, and proposed lines. The last update was in December 2021, so this report covers […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: 2024 construction updates, bangkok, metro, 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

Phang Nga Airport: The proposed second airport for Phuket

September 4, 2023 By James Clark 1 Comment

Phang Nga Airport is a proposed airport in Phang-nga province, Thailand. The airport was proposed by Bangkok Airways in 2016 as Phang Nga–Andaman International Airport. It is also referred to as Second Phuket Airport, as it is expected to alleviate congestion from Phuket International Airport. Phang Nga Airport map The proposed Phang Nga Airport will […]

Filed Under: Aviation Tagged With: airports, phang-nga, 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

Makkasan Train Factory: proposed redevelopment of SRT land in Bangkok

July 2, 2023 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: New Urban Areas Tagged With: bangkok, makkasan, thailand

Pattaya Monorail – Linking the high-speed railway to the beach

June 22, 2023 By James Clark 1 Comment

The Pattaya Monorail is a proposed urban transit system to connect the future Pattaya high-speed railway station with the popular beach area of the city. The monorail was first proposed in 2008, and since then it’s gone from monorail to tram/light rail, subway, and back to monorail. The routes have varied over this time, and […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: monorail, pattaya, thailand

Lanna International Airport (Second Chiang Mai International Airport)

June 19, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Lanna International Airport (Second Chiang Mai International Airport) is a proposed new airport in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The new airport (also referred to as New Chiang Mai Airport and Chiang Mai 2 International Airport) would be built on land in San Kamphaeng (Chiang Mai Province) and Ban Thi (Lamphun Province) about 25 km from Chiang […]

Filed Under: Aviation Tagged With: airports, chiang mai, thailand

Bangkok Mass Rapid Transit System Guide – Current, under construction, and proposed lines, and maps

June 19, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Bangkok Mass Rapid Transit System currently has eight lines operated by three separate companies. There are three new lines under construction, and extensions of other lines are planned and under construction. This is a resource page for all current and proposed urban rail transit lines in Bangkok (that includes monorails and people movers, but […]

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

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