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Phaya Thai opened as a halt on 24 January 1907 on the Eastern Line between Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) and Chachoengsao Junction, operated by the State Railway of Thailand.In recent years, the halt has been criticised for neglect and poor maintenance by the SRT as the tracks are being handed over for construction of the Don Mueang–Suvarnabhumi–U-Tapao high-speed railway.
The line is 28.6 km (17.8 mi) long and is elevated, running above the existing eastern railway, with an underground terminal at the airport. Commuter trips take 27 minutes from Phaya Thai to Suvarnabhumi Airport. [4] Unlike most railways in Thailand, which use meter-gauge railways, the Airport Rail Link uses standard-gauge railways.
The Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, or M-Map, is the latest version in a series of Thai government plans for the development of an urban rail transit network serving the Greater Bangkok area. It was drafted under the care of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) of the Ministry of Transport.
This level is dedicated to the platforms and rails. Most stations adopt a side platform layout, with the notable exceptions of Siam Station, Ha Yaek Lat Phrao Station, and Samrong, which utilize island platforms. Siam Station features island platforms to enable easy cross-platform interchange between the two lines of the system.
This totals 193 stations, however Siam is shared between the Sukhumvit and Silom lines, and is counted only once and shown once in the table below. Several interchange stations share the same name but have different identifiers, are counted and appear twice or three times in the table below, for example Phaya Thai (Airport Rail Link and ...
MRT - One station: Phetchaburi. Airport Rail Link - Three stations: Phaya Thai, Ratchaprarop and Makkasan. SRT Eastern Line - Four stations: Phaya Thai, Ratchaprarop, Makkasan and Asok Halt. Express boats - Khlong Saen Saeb, in the southern district border. Makkasan Railway Station is a major station for the Airport Rail Link to Suvarnabhumi ...
The line runs from Siam Station, where it interchanges with the Silom Line, and continues both northwards along Phaya Thai and Phahon Yothin Roads to Khu Khot in Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani, and eastwards along Rama I, Phloen Chit and Sukhumvit Roads, through Bang Na District to Kheha Station in Samut Prakan.
Bangkok's first rail line was the private Paknam Railway linking Bangkok to Samut Prakan which opened in 1893. The national railway network was subsequently developed and first opened in 1896, linking Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima and then expanding to reach Chiang Mai, Nong Khai, Ubon Ratchathani and Su-ngai Kolok.