New style of Train Ticket in Thailand
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Thailand’s New Style of Train Ticket

While travel in Thailand has been partially shut down since early 2020 by the pandemic, the State Railways of Thailand has taken the opportunity to revolutionise its ticketing systems, with a new style of train [Read more…]

2nd Class AC Seat on a Thailand Train
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Seat Types on Thailand Trains

There are six types of seats available on train services in Thailand. Not all seat types are available on all trains, and there are numerous different types of train carriages currently being used in Thailand [Read more…]

Waiting for a train before Songkran
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Train Travel during Songkran

Songkran is the Thai New Year, and its the most important holiday of the year. Traditionally the Songkran holidays are a time for Thai people to travel to their home town and village to spend [Read more…]

2nd class air-conditioned seats on Thailand's new trains
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Thailand’s New Trains

In July 2016 State Railways of Thailand (SRT) took delivery of 39 brand train carriages from Chinese train manufacturers China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation and China CNR Corporation. This is the first part of larger order [Read more…]

Man waiting to place his bicycles in the cargo car at Bangkok train station
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Carrying bicycles on Thailand Trains

We can confirm that it is possible to carry bicycles on trains in Thailand as cargo for a small extra charge, however, only on those trains which have Freight Carriages . See below for a brief list [Read more…]