The Thap Put-Krabi Railway is a proposed railway in Southern Thailand. The railway will branch off the proposed Surat Thani – Phuket line at Thap Put and connect Krabi and Krabi Airport.
The line will be a double-tracked metre-gauge railway, with a track length of 68 km. The line will have services from Bangkok and Phuket to promote travel in the Andaman coast area, and better connect Krabi to the rest the country via the national rail network.
Thap Put-Krabi Railway Route
Thap Put Railway Station will be a junction station on the Surat Thani – Phang Nga – Tha Nun – Phuket line.
The line goes south along Phetkasem Highway (Highway 4), passing Na Nuea Halt, Khao Yai Halt before entering Ao Luek Station, then Ban Klang Halt, Khlong Hin Station, Khao Kram Station, Krabi Station and terminating at Krabi Airport.
Thap Put-Krabi Railway stations
– Thap Put (interchange with Surat Thani – Phuket Line)
– Ao Luek (medium station)
– Klong Hin (small station)
– Khao Kram (small station)
– Krabi (large station)
– Krabi Airport (large station)
The stations will be designed to show local art, including Ao Luek Station, Krabi Station and Krabi Airport Station.
Krabi Airport station will be connected to the airport passenger terminal building.
[Krabi Airport Station.]
Train services
– Local express train from Phuket to Krabi to distribute tourists and connect the 2 airports.
– Passenger Express / Rapid train on Bangkok-Surat Thani-Krabi route.
– Local train on the Surat Thani-Thap Put-Krabi route.
If this route is constructed, Krabi and Phuket airports will be connected by rail. This will be the second railway in Thailand that connects airports (after the high speed train connecting 3 airports).
Links and resources
srt-thapput-krabi.com – Feasibility study for the railway construction project, Thap Phut-Krabi section.
Facebook: โครงการก่อสร้างทางรถไฟ ช่วงทับปุด-กระบี่ (Railway construction project, Thap Phut-Krabi section).
Southern Double-track Railway (Thap Put – Krabi) – Skyscrapercity news and discussion.
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