Thailand is in the process of expanding and duplicating railway lines across the country. While this is a much-needed improvement to the railway network, the choice of railway gauge will create further problems and cost more in the future. Thailand’s railways operate on a metre gauge. There are several gauges used around the world, but […]
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Future Hua Hin
Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province is a beach city on the Gulf of Thailand in the area proclaimed as the Thai Riviera. Its proximity to Bangkok makes it one of the closest weekend beach getaways, and it is also popular with foreign retirees. Perhaps it is this association with retirees that has given […]
Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Railway
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 […]
Bangkok – Hua Hin High-Speed Railway
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 […]
Future Rayong
Rayong is a province in eastern Thailand, and it is one of the three provinces of the Eastern Economic Corridor (along with Chachoengsao and Chonburi). Rayong Province is home to U-Tapao Airport, and the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong is Thailand’s largest petrochemical and heavy industry park. The province includes some beach resort areas, […]
Ban Phai – Nakhon Phanom Railway
The Ban Phai – Nakhon Phanom Railway is a proposed 355-km railway in Northeast Thailand. The line would begin at Ban Phai on the current Northeast Line and travel to Maha Sarakham, Roi Et, Mukdahan and Nakhon Phanom. The purpose of the line is to connect provinces of the Mekong region to Laem Chabang Port […]
Future Khon Kaen
Khon Kaen is a province in the Northeast of Thailand (Isaan Region). The capital of Khon Kaen is one of the “Big 4” cities of the Isan (alongside Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani, and Udon Thani). The future Thai-China highspeed rail will stop in Khon Kaen, and the province also has the proposed East-West Economic Corridor […]
Will there ever be an airport on Koh Lanta?
The two largest islands in Thailand (Phuket and Ko Samui) have an airport, so has Koh Lanta ever considered building an airport? Koh Lanta is an island district in Krabi Province, Thailand. There are two main islands that make up the bulk of this island group. Ko Lanta Yai (the main tourist island) is the […]
Andaman Railway – A proposal to connect the West Coast of Southern Thailand by rail
The Andaman Railway is a proposed railway along the Andaman Coast of Southern Thailand. There have been different proposals made over the years that would form a railway from Ranong to Satun, via Phuket. Starting in the north, a line from Ranong would pass through Phang-Nga to Phuket. Another line was proposed to connect Phuket […]
Koh Lanta Bridge
Koh Lanta Bridge is a proposed bridge connecting Koh Lanta to the Krabi Province mainland in Thailand. The bridge would span 1,950 metres from Ban Hua Hin (at the Hua Hin Pier) to Ko Lanta Noi. It would be a two-lane suspended bridge with a bicycle lane on both sides. Ko Lanta is a district […]
