List of railway lines in Thailand

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Thailand has 4,431 kilometers of meter-gauge railway tracks not including mass transit lines in Bangkok. All national rail services are managed by the State Railway of Thailand. The four main lines are the Northern Line, which terminates in Chiang Mai; the Northeastern Line, which terminates at Ubon Ratchathani and the Lao border in Nong Khai Province; the Eastern Line, which terminates at the Cambodian border in Sa Kaeo Province;, and the Southern Line, which terminates at the Malaysian border in Yala and Narathiwat Provinces.

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Current lines

There are divided into five regional lines:

DescriptionEstablishedLengthGauge
Bangkok - Ubon Ratchathani 1930575 km (357 mi) Metre gauge
Bangkok - Nong Khai 1958621 km (386 mi) Metre gauge
Nong Khai - Thanaleng, Laos 20096 km (3.7 mi) Metre gauge
Kaeng Khoi Junction - Bua Yai Junction 1967251 km (156 mi) Metre gauge
Bangkok - Chiang Mai 1926661 km (411 mi) Metre gauge
Ban Dara Junction - Sawankhalok 191029 km (18 mi) Metre gauge
Bangkok - Su-ngai Kolok 19211,160 km (720 mi) Metre gauge
Thon Buri - Taling Chan Junction 19036 km (3.7 mi) Metre gauge
Hat Yai Junction - Padang Besar, Malaysia 191845 km (28 mi) Metre gauge
Khao Chum Thong Junction - Nakhon Si Thammarat 191435 km (22 mi) Metre gauge
Thung Song Junction - Kantang 191393 km (58 mi) Metre gauge
Ban Thung Pho Junction - Khiri Rat Nikhom 195631 km (19 mi) Metre gauge
Nong Pladuk Junction - Nam Tok (Burma Railway)1944130 km (81 mi) Metre gauge
Nong Pladuk Junction - Suphan Buri 196378 km (48 mi) Metre gauge
Bangkok - Aranyaprathet 1926255 km (158 mi) Metre gauge
Makkasan - Mae Nam 19093 km (1.9 mi) Metre gauge
Sam Sen - Makkasan (Chitlada Triangular Junction)19363 km (1.9 mi) Metre gauge
Chachoengsao Junction - Ban Phlu Ta Luang 1989123 km (76 mi) Metre gauge
Aranyaprathet - Poipet, Cambodia 2019 (reopened)6 km (3.7 mi) Meter gauge
Wongwian Yai-Maha Chai (Maeklong Railway)190433 km (21 mi) Metre gauge
Ban Laem-Maeklong (Maeklong Railway)190533 km (21 mi) Metre gauge

Future lines

DescriptionLengthGaugeStartCommission
Den Chai-Chiang Rai 325 km (202 mi) Meter gauge 20142017
Ban Phai-Nakhon Phanom 368 km (229 mi) Meter gauge 20152018-2019
Khiri Rat Nikhom-Phuket 300 km (190 mi) Meter gauge 20162019
Chumphon-Satun  ?? Meter gauge  ?? ??
AranyaprathetPoipet, Cambodia 6 km (3.7 mi) Meter gauge 2013(Fixed)2015
Nam TokThanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma Railway)285 km (177 mi) Meter gauge  ??(Fixed)2020

Defunct lines

DescriptionEstablishedLengthGaugeCancelled
Hat YaiSongkhla 191330 km (19 mi) Meter gauge 1978
Nam TokThanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma Railway)1944285 km (177 mi) Meter gauge  ??
BangkokSamut Prakan (Paknam Railway)189321 km (13 mi) Narrow gauge 1960
Bang PhlatBang Bua Thong (Bang Bua Thong Railway)1909 ?? Narrow gauge 1943
ChumphonKraburi (Kra Isthmus Railway)194390 km (56 mi) Meter gauge 1945
Bung WaiBan Pho Mun 19307 km (4.3 mi) Meter gauge 1954
Nong KhaiTalat Nong Khai 19582 km (1.2 mi) Meter gauge 2008
Sungai GolokRantau Panjang 19213 km (1.9 mi) Meter gauge  ??
Wongwian YaiPak Khlong San 1904 ?? Meter gauge 1961
Ban Phlu Ta LuangSattahip Port 198911 km (6.8 mi) Meter gauge  ??
Tha RueaPhra Phutthabat (Phra Phutthabat Railway  [ th ])190220 km (12 mi) Narrow gauge 1942 [1] or 1947
PhetchaburiBang Thalu (Chao Samran beach Railway) ?? ?? Narrow gauge  ??
Hua WaiTha Tako 194053 km (33 mi) Meter gauge 1967

See also

References

  1. สุนันทา เจริญปัญญายิ่ง. "ทางรถไฟสายท่าเรือ–พระพุทธบาท". สถาบันการขนส่ง จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย (in Thai). Chulalongkorn University . Retrieved 2018-11-03. Archived 2019-06-17 at the Wayback Machine