Articles at Future Southeast Asia about construction, transport, and urban development in Thailand.
Bangkok
Bangkok M-MAP 2: Official map of future urban rail transit lines in Bangkok.
Bangkok construction update (2025 edition)
Another mall at Siam, the future “Shinjuku of Bangkok”, more classic hotels that have been lost, the South Sukhumvit Innovation District, and a mega project in Chinatown.
Bangkok construction update: 2024 edition
The groundscraper of Sukhumvit, big projects surrounding Lumphini Park, legal drama for the massage parlour magnate at the Chuvit Garden project, Central Groups expanding mall empire, another iconic 60s hotel is gone, taking liberties with place names, and more.
Bangkok construction update – 2022 edition
Bangkok Mass Rapid Transit System Guide – Current, under construction, and proposed lines, and maps.
The ticketing mess of Bangkok’s rail transit
The station transfer mess of Bangkok’s rail transit
Bangkok should scrap the Light Red Line extension and build this instead
My proposal is to scrap the Light Red Line eastern extension and build a transit line along Petchaburi Road.
Bangkok construction update – 2021 edition
Bangkok Urban Rail Transit Update – 2024 Edition
Bangkok Urban Rail Transit Update – 2021 Edition
Bang Sue Grand Station – The largest railway station in Southeast Asia.
Hua Lamphong Station – News and redevelopment plans for Bangkok Railway Station.
How to fix Makkasan Station, Bangkok’s failed City Air Terminal
Makkasan Train Factory Redevelopment
Bangkok Light Blue Line Monorail
Bangkok Yellow Line: A review of the first monorail in Thailand.
Cloud 11 Bangkok: Creator economy hub in South Sukhumvit Innovation District.
One Bangkok – New urban development in Lumphini
One Bangkok review: the mega mixed-use development in central Bangkok
A review of the mini Central Business District next to Lumphini Park, including parks and public spaces, shopping, Tokyo-style underground plaza, hotels, and public transport.
Chao Phraya Sky Park – Bangkok’s pedestrian garden bridge across the Chao Phraya River
Benjakitti Park: A forest and wetland park in the heart of Bangkok
Future Bangkok – current and proposed construction projects
Chiang Mai
Future Chiang Mai: construction and transport projects in Chiang Mai.
Second Chiang Mai International Airport
Kanchanaphisek Park: a model reclaimed waterway in Chiang Mai
Hat Yai
Hua Hin
Khon Kaen
Koh Chang
Koh Phangan
Koh Phangan Airport: The abandoned airport project in the Gulf of Thailand.
Koh Samui
Krabi
Will there ever be an airport on Koh Lanta?
Nakhon Natchasima
Nakhon Natchasima Transit System
Pattaya
Pattaya construction and transport report
Trip report from January 2025: Walkability and bad street layouts, Pattaya construction notes, the ghost tower, future high-speed railway and monorail, Jomtien Beach as a future apartment hotspot, and air quality.
Pattaya trip report (2023)
The proposed high-speed railway station, an urban railway from station to sea, demolishing the notorious Walking Street, and visiting the retirement beaches.
Pattaya Station Redevelopment: High-speed railway and mixed use project
Phang Nga
Phang Nga Airport: The proposed second airport for Phuket.
Phitsanulok
Phitsanulok trip report 2023 (subscriber only)
The provincial city with a preposterous plan for a 5-line mass transit system, and how the proposed high-speed rail to Chiang Mai could transform its fortunes.
Phuket
Rayong
Sri Racha
Sri Racha Trip Report
The Little Osaka of Thailand, bad design of Sukhumvit Road (like Bangkok), seaview apartments (shame about the beach), and the future high-speed railway to 3 airports.
Railways
The mixed-gauge mess of Thailand’s railways
East–West Economic Corridor Railway – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam railway.
– Nakhon Sawan – Mae Sot Railway
– Ban Phai – Nakhon Phanom Railway
Bangkok – Hua Hin High-Speed Railway
Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Railway
Don Mueang–Suvarnabhumi–U-Tapao high-speed railway – The 3-airport rail link of Bangkok
Bangkok–Nong Khai high-speed railway
Mekong River Railway Bridge – New Thailand-Laos bridge for high-speed railway.
Hanoi – Luang Prabang – Chiang Mai Railway
Southern Economic Corridor Railway – Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City by rail.
Bangkok – Chiang Mai High-Speed Railway
Andaman Railway – A proposal to connect the West Coast of Southern Thailand by rail.
Thap Put – Krabi Railway: Connecting Krabi and Krabi Airport to Phuket and Bangkok by train.
Mega Projects
Gulf of Thailand Seawall: The Greater Bangkok flood barrier and new sea city
The Thai Canal – The proposed canal across the Isthmus of Kra in Southern Thailand
Thai Bridge – A proposed sea bridge across the Bay of Bangkok
Thai Land Bridge – A proposed rail and road transport corridor in Southern Thailand that would connect the Andaman Sea to the Gulf of Thailand.
