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.
Current lines
There are divided into five regional lines:
- {{color box|{{rcr|SRT|Northern}}}} Northern Line
- {{color box|{{rcr|SRT|Northeastern}}}} Northeastern Line
- {{color box|{{rcr|SRT|Southern}}}} Southern Line
- {{color box|{{rcr|SRT|Eastern}}}} Eastern Line
- {{color box|purple}} Maeklong Railway
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| colspan="2"|Description
! Established ! Length ! Gauge |
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| 1930 | {{convert|575|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Bangkok - Nong Khai
| 1958 | {{convert|621|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Nong Khai - Thanaleng, Laos
| 2009 | {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Kaeng Khoi Junction - Bua Yai Junction
| 1967 | {{convert|251|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor={{rcr|SRT|Northern}} |
| Bangkok - Chiang Mai | 1926 | {{convert|661|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Ban Dara Junction - Sawankhalok
| 1910 | {{convert|29|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| rowspan=8 bgcolor={{rcr|SRT|Southern}} |
| Bangkok - Su-ngai Kolok | 1921 | {{convert|1160|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Thon Buri - Taling Chan Junction
| 1903 | {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Hat Yai Junction - Padang Besar, Malaysia
| 1918 | {{convert|45|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Khao Chum Thong Junction - Nakhon Si Thammarat
| 1914 | {{convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Thung Song Junction - Kantang
| 1913 | {{convert|93|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Ban Thung Pho Junction - Khiri Rat Nikhom
| 1956 | {{convert|31|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Nong Pladuk Junction - Nam Tok (Burma Railway)
| 1944 | {{convert|130|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Nong Pladuk Junction - Suphan Buri
| 1963 | {{convert|78|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
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| Bangkok - Aranyaprathet | 1926 | {{convert|255|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Makkasan - Mae Nam
| 1909 | {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Sam Sen - Makkasan (Chitlada Triangular Junction)
| 1936 | {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Chachoengsao Junction - Ban Phlu Ta Luang
| 1989 | {{convert|123|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Aranyaprathet - Poipet, Cambodia
|2019 (reopened) |{{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
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| Wongwian Yai-Maha Chai (Maeklong Railway) | 1904 | {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Ban Laem-Maeklong (Maeklong Railway)
| 1905 | {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
Future lines
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| Description
! Length ! Gauge ! Start ! Commission |
|---|
| Den Chai-Chiang Rai
| {{convert|325|km|mi|abbr=on}} | 2014 | 2017 |
| Ban Phai-Nakhon Phanom
| {{convert|368|km|mi|abbr=on}} | 2015 | 2018-2019 |
| Khiri Rat Nikhom-Phuket
| {{convert|300|km|mi|abbr=on}} | 2016 | 2019 |
| Chumphon-Satun
| ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Aranyaprathet–Poipet, Cambodia
| {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} | 2013(Fixed) | 2015 |
| Nam Tok–Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma Railway)
| {{convert|285|km|mi|abbr=on}} | ??(Fixed) | 2020 |
Defunct lines
See also
{{commons category|Railway lines in Thailand}}
- State Railway of Thailand
- Rail transport in Thailand
- Transport in Thailand
- Burma Railway also known as Death Railway, Thailand–Burma Railway
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131006090802/http://www.sepo.go.th/highspeedrail/dowload/HSR%20Inform.pdf High speed rail system in Thailand]
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