List of railway lines in Thailand explained

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:

• Northern Line
• Northeastern Line
• Southern Line
• Eastern Line
• Maeklong Railway

Description		Established	Length	Gauge
	Bangkok - Ubon Ratchathani	1930	575km (357miles)	Metre gauge
Bangkok - Nong Khai	1958	621km (386miles)	Metre gauge
Nong Khai - Thanaleng, Laos	2009	6km (04miles)	Metre gauge
Kaeng Khoi Junction - Bua Yai Junction	1967	251km (156miles)	Metre gauge
	Bangkok - Chiang Mai	1926	661km (411miles)	Metre gauge
Ban Dara Junction - Sawankhalok	1910	29km (18miles)	Metre gauge
	Bangkok - Su-ngai Kolok	1921	1160km (720miles)	Metre gauge
Thon Buri - Taling Chan Junction	1903	6km (04miles)	Metre gauge
Hat Yai Junction - Padang Besar, Malaysia	1918	45km (28miles)	Metre gauge
Khao Chum Thong Junction - Nakhon Si Thammarat	1914	35km (22miles)	Metre gauge
Thung Song Junction - Kantang	1913	93km (58miles)	Metre gauge
Ban Thung Pho Junction - Khiri Rat Nikhom	1956	31km (19miles)	Metre gauge
Nong Pladuk Junction - Nam Tok (Burma Railway)	1944	130km (80miles)	Metre gauge
Nong Pladuk Junction - Suphan Buri	1963	78km (48miles)	Metre gauge
	Bangkok - Aranyaprathet	1926	255km (158miles)	Metre gauge
	Makkasan - Mae Nam	1909	3km (02miles)	Metre gauge
	Sam Sen - Makkasan (Chitlada Triangular Junction)	1936	3km (02miles)	Metre gauge
	Chachoengsao Junction - Ban Phlu Ta Luang	1989	123km (76miles)	Metre gauge
	Aranyaprathet - Poipet, Cambodia	2019 (reopened)	6km (04miles)	Meter gauge
	Wongwian Yai-Maha Chai (Maeklong Railway)	1904	33km (21miles)	Metre gauge
	Ban Laem-Maeklong (Maeklong Railway)	1905	33km (21miles)	Metre gauge

Future lines

Description	Length	Gauge	Start	Commission
Den Chai-Chiang Rai	325km (202miles)	Meter gauge	2014	2017
Ban Phai-Nakhon Phanom	368km (229miles)	Meter gauge	2015	2018-2019
Khiri Rat Nikhom-Phuket	300km (200miles)	Meter gauge	2016	2019
Chumphon-Satun	??	Meter gauge	??	??
Aranyaprathet–Poipet, Cambodia	6km (04miles)	Meter gauge	2013(Fixed)	2015
Nam Tok–Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma Railway)	285km (177miles)	Meter gauge	??(Fixed)	2020

Defunct lines

Description	Established	Length	Gauge	Cancelled
Hat Yai–Songkhla	1913	30km (20miles)	Meter gauge	1978
Nam Tok–Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma Railway)	1944	285km (177miles)	Meter gauge	??
Bangkok–Samut Prakan (Paknam Railway)	1893	21km (13miles)	Narrow gauge	1960
Bang Phlat–Bang Bua Thong (Bang Bua Thong Railway)	1909	??	Narrow gauge	1943
Chumphon–Kraburi (Kra Isthmus Railway)	1943	90km (60miles)	Meter gauge	1945
Bung Wai–Ban Pho Mun	1930	7km (04miles)	Meter gauge	1954
Nong Khai–Talat Nong Khai	1958	2km (01miles)	Meter gauge	2008
Sungai Golok–Rantau Panjang	1921	3km (02miles)	Meter gauge	??
Wongwian Yai–Pak Khlong San	1904	??	Meter gauge	1961
Ban Phlu Ta Luang–Sattahip Port	1989	11km (07miles)	Meter gauge	??
Tha Ruea–Phra Phutthabat	1902	20km (10miles)	Narrow gauge	1942^[1] or 1947
Phetchaburi–Bang Thalu (Chao Samran beach Railway)	??	??	Narrow gauge	??
Hua Wai–Tha Tako	1940	53km (33miles)	Meter gauge	1967

See also

• State Railway of Thailand
• Rail transport in Thailand
• Transport in Thailand
• Burma Railway also known as Death Railway, Thailand–Burma Railway

External links

• High speed rail system in Thailand

Notes and References

1. Web site: ทางรถไฟสายท่าเรือ–พระพุทธบาท . สุนันทา เจริญปัญญายิ่ง . สถาบันการขนส่ง จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย . Chulalongkorn University. th . 2018-11-03.