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Train routes in Thailand
8 routes · classic 2 · night train 4 · scenic 1 · luxury 1
8 routes cross Thailand in the World Train Map atlas. The longest is the Eastern & Oriental Express at 2,000 km; the fastest is the Hat Yai Special Express, running up to 120 km/h; the oldest line dates to 1905. Every route links to its facts, photo and story, and to the interactive world map.
Open the world railway map →Classic (2)
- 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 ↗ - Eastern Line
Bargain 3rd-class ordinary trains rattle to the frontier at Ban Khlong Luek. Thailand’s rail gateway to Cambodia and Angkor.
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Night train (4)
- 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 ↗ - 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.
- 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.
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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.
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Luxury (1)
- Eastern & Oriental Express
Cream-and-green carriages gliding past rubber plantations: colonial-era glamour from the Lion City to Siam.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
What is the fastest train in Thailand?
The Hat Yai Special Express, running Bangkok to Hat Yai at up to 120 km/h. It is one of 8 routes in Thailand in this atlas.
Are there night trains in Thailand?
Yes — 4 sleeper services in this atlas serve Thailand: Chiang Mai Express (Bangkok – Chiang Mai), Bangkok–Vientiane Express (Bangkok – Vientiane), Hat Yai Special Express (Bangkok – Hat Yai), Isan Watthana (Bangkok – Ubon Ratchathani).
Can you cross the border by train from Thailand?
Yes — 2 of its 8 routes continue into another country: Eastern & Oriental Express (Singapore – Bangkok), Bangkok–Vientiane Express (Bangkok – Vientiane).
Which is the most scenic railway in Thailand?
Thailand has 1 scenic or mountain line in this atlas. The longest is the Maeklong Railway, 67 km.
Cross-border lines continue into
- 🇱🇦 Train routes in Laos 2 routes
- 🇲🇾 Train routes in Malaysia 9 routes