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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. The service utilizes former JR-West rolling stock for sleeper and second-class trains, being the only regularly scheduled train to use this stock in Thailand.
Thanaleng Station is the only station of the Bangkok–Thanaleng rail route on the Lao side of the border. The former terminus at Nong Khai and the spur to it was abandoned. Before the construction of the railway across the Friendship Bridge, passengers had to cross the Mekong by ferry.
After several postponements, the Bangkok (Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal) to Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed rail project (Phase 1) was officially launched by the Thai government in October 2020. However, the Nakhon Ratchasima to Nong Khai section (Phase 2) and the Nong Khai to Vientiane section (Phase 3) has not yet been confirmed. [15]
13 September 1955 - Udon Thani – Na Tha (first Nong Khai station) 31 July 1958 - Na Tha – Nong Khai (Talat Nong Khai, second Nong Khai station) [2] 2008 - Nong Khai (new, third and current Nong Khai station) – Talat Nong Khai section closed. 5 March 2009 - Nong Khai – Thanaleng (Vientiane Prefecture) 31 October 2023 - Thanaleng ...
Talat Nong Khai: ตลาดหนองคาย 2209 623.58 Closed ตง. Nong Khai railway station near Mekong until May 2000 and closed in 2008. Thai-Laos border via First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge: Thanaleng: ท่านาแล้ง 7201 626.58 1 ลล. Shuttle train from Nong Khai Vientiane Prefecture: Vientiane Logistics Park
The Vientiane Logistics Park opened in December 2021. [10] From 2009 to 2024, a shuttle train ran twice a day between Nong Khai railway station and Thanaleng station, [11] [12] with occasional services by the Eastern and Oriental Express.
Construction would be divided into four sections: Bangkok–Kaeng Khoi, Map Ta Phut–Kaeng Khoi, Kaeng Khoi–Nakhon Ratchasima, and Nakhon Ratchasima–Nong Khai. Construction of Thailand's 873-kilometre-long portion of the railway system started in December 2017 [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The railway will connect to the 417 km Boten–Vientiane railway ...
The routes are: Nong Khai–Thanaleng railway (in operation since 2009) Vientiane–Boten railway (in operation since 2021) Vientiane–Vung Ang railway (in planning) Savannakhet–Lao Bao railway, which is to provide access to the Vietnamese port Đông Hà; Thakhek–Savannakhet–Pakse–Vang Tao railway line connecting Thakhek with the Thai ...