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Thailand construction, transport, and urban development

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 Grey Line Monorail

Bangkok Light Blue Line Monorail

Bangkok’s Gold Line

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

Ten ways to improve Bangkok

Future Bangkok – current and proposed construction projects

Chiang Mai

Future Chiang Mai: construction and transport projects in Chiang Mai.

Chiang Mai Mass Transit

Second Chiang Mai International Airport

Kanchanaphisek Park: a model reclaimed waterway in Chiang Mai

Hat Yai

Hat Yai Monorail

Hua Hin

Future Hua Hin

Khon Kaen

Future Khon Kaen

Khon Kaen Transit System

Koh Chang

Koh Chang Bridge

Koh Phangan

Koh Phangan Airport: The abandoned airport project in the Gulf of Thailand.

Koh Samui

Koh Samui Bridge

Krabi

Koh Lanta Bridge

Will there ever be an airport on Koh Lanta?

Nakhon Natchasima

Nakhon Natchasima Transit System

Pattaya

Future 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 Monorail

Pattaya Station Redevelopment: High-speed railway and mixed use project

Phang Nga

Phang Nga Airport: The proposed second airport for Phuket.

Phitsanulok

Phitsanulok Mass Transit

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

Phuket Light Rail

Rayong

Future 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.

Chumphon – Ranong Railway

Chiang Rai 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.

Hat Yai – Songkhla Railway

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.

Why the Thai Land Bridge is a bad idea

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