Night train route
Hat Yai Special Express
Bangkok → Hat Yai · Thailand
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8425165 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: State Railway of Thailand — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Hat Yai Special Express?
The Hat Yai Special Express runs 945 km from Bangkok to Hat Yai.
How long does the Hat Yai Special Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 16 h for the 945 km. That is an average of 59 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Hat Yai Special Express?
State Railway of Thailand, with CNR sleeper.
How old is the Hat Yai Special Express?
The line has been in service since 1918. 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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