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Direct cross-border sleeper train services from Bangkok's Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal commenced on July 19, 2024. [8] Train services are operated by the State Railway of Thailand drivers until Nong Khai, before the train is operated by Lao National Railway drivers to the station.
Kunming-Bangkok-Expressway. Kunming–Bangkok Expressway is a proposed international expressway running from Kunming, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, to Bangkok, Thailand via Laos The first expressway sections were opened in 2008.
A shuttle train (now discontinued) at the railway station of Thanaleng, Laos The new Vientaine Khamsavath Station, the new main terminus for trains arriving in from Bangkok and Udon Thani. The First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge, opened in 1994, was built with provisions for a future railway included. [5]
In July 2022, the transhipment yard between the Laos-Thai meter gauge railway and the Laos–China standard gauge railway was officially inaugurated at Thanaleng / Vientiane South. Thailand decided to finance its part of the route itself, although only the high-speed route Bangkok – Nakhon Ratchasima is to be built for the time being.
The standard gauge Bangkok–Nong Khai high-speed railway, scheduled for completion in 2028, may eventually extend to Vientiane station, completing the Kunming–Singapore railway. [7] In 2022, the Vientiane Times announced that Laos intends to build a new standard-gauge railway from Vientiane to the port of Vung Ang in central Vietnam. [8]
Vientiane train station Inside the railway station at Vientiane Luang Prabang Station. The Boten–Vientiane railway is the Lao section of the Laos–China Railway (LCR), running between the capital Vientiane and the northern town of Boten on the border with Yunnan, China. The line was officially opened on 3 December 2021. [9]
The Northeastern Line (Thai: ทางรถไฟสายตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ) is a railway line in Thailand that connects the capital Bangkok with the northeast region of Isan. The section from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima is Thailand's first line that opened for passenger service. [2]
Bangkok - Nong Khai: 1958 621 km (386 mi) Metre gauge: Nong Khai - Thanaleng, Laos: 2009 6 km (3.7 mi) Metre gauge: Kaeng Khoi Junction - Bua Yai Junction: 1967 251 km (156 mi) Metre gauge: Bangkok - Chiang Mai: 1926 661 km (411 mi) Metre gauge: Ban Dara Junction - Sawankhalok: 1910 29 km (18 mi) Metre gauge: Bangkok - Su-ngai Kolok: 1921 1,160 ...