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Train routes operated by State Railway of Thailand
7 routes · classic 2 · night train 4 · scenic 1
State Railway of Thailand runs 7 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 3,434 km of railway across 2 countries. The longest is the Hat Yai Special Express at 945 km; the fastest is the Hat Yai Special Express, running up to 120 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1905. 1 of its routes crosses an international border.
The company itself dates to 1897, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from State Railway of Thailand's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q2165702 ↗
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- 7
- Total length
- 3,434 km
- Countries
- Thailand, Laos
- Oldest line here
- 1905
- Company founded
- 1897
- Type
- railway company
- Fastest
- Hat Yai Special Express · 120 km/h
- Longest
- Hat Yai Special Express · 945 km
Classic (2)
- Eastern Line
Bargain 3rd-class ordinary trains rattle to the frontier at Ban Khlong Luek. Thailand’s rail gateway to Cambodia and Angkor.
Wikipedia ↗ - Death Railway
Built by Allied POWs and Asian labourers in 1942–43; trains still cross the River Kwai bridge and creep over the cliff-hugging Wang Pho viaduct.
Wikipedia ↗
Night train (4)
- Hat Yai Special Express
Thailand’s southern flagship: 945 km down the Kra Isthmus past Hua Hin’s royal station and Surat Thani’s ferry piers, the sleeper gateway to Malaysia.
- Chiang Mai Express
Thailand’s classic sleeper: dinner past Ayutthaya’s temples, dawn in the teak hills of Lanna.
Wikipedia ↗ - Bangkok–Vientiane Express
Since July 2024 the sleeper rolls straight across the Mekong Friendship Bridge, asleep past Ayutthaya, awake in Laos: the first through train from Bangkok into central Vientiane.
Wikipedia ↗ - Isan Watthana
Thailand’s smartest sleeper: Chinese-built berths glide out of Bangkok at dusk and wake along the Mun River in Ubon Ratchathani, deep in southern Isan.
Wikipedia ↗
Scenic (1)
- Maeklong Railway
At Mae Klong the train noses through Talat Rom Hup, the market whose stallholders whisk their awnings off the rails as it passes.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does State Railway of Thailand run?
7 of the routes in this atlas are State Railway of Thailand services, covering 3,434 km across 2 countries (Thailand, Laos). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest State Railway of Thailand train?
The Hat Yai Special Express, Bangkok to Hat Yai, at up to 120 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 16 h over 945 km.
Does State Railway of Thailand run night trains?
Yes — 4 sleeper services in this atlas: Hat Yai Special Express (Bangkok – Hat Yai), Chiang Mai Express (Bangkok – Chiang Mai), Bangkok–Vientiane Express (Bangkok – Vientiane), Isan Watthana (Bangkok – Ubon Ratchathani).
When was State Railway of Thailand founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1897, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1905 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries State Railway of Thailand runs in
- 🇹🇭 Train routes in Thailand 8 routes
- 🇱🇦 Train routes in Laos 2 routes