Scenic route
Maeklong Railway
Bangkok → Samut Songkhram · Thailand
At Mae Klong the train noses through Talat Rom Hup, the market whose stallholders whisk their awnings off the rails as it passes.
How this line was checked
- The 30 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 20088142 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 93.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 9 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 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 Maeklong Railway?
The Maeklong Railway runs 67 km from Bangkok to Samut Songkhram.
How long does the Maeklong Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h for the 67 km. That is an average of 22 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Maeklong Railway?
State Railway of Thailand, with SRT THN railcar.
How old is the Maeklong Railway?
The line has been in service since 1905. 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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