Night train route
Bangkok–Vientiane Express
Bangkok → Vientiane · Thailand · Laos
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.
How this line was checked
- The 369 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 17458406 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: State Railway of Thailand — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Bangkok–Vientiane Express?
The Bangkok–Vientiane Express runs 647 km from Bangkok to Vientiane. It runs through Thailand and Laos.
How long does the Bangkok–Vientiane Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 11 h 40 min for the 647 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Bangkok–Vientiane Express?
State Railway of Thailand, with SRT through sleeper.
How old is the Bangkok–Vientiane Express?
The line has been in service since 2024. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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