Interesting. Should they build it meter gauge or standard gauge or perhaps both just to be on the safe side whilst they make up their minds on what the Thai railways of the future should look like. I get the idea but just how many trains would cross from Bangkok especially if the current meter gauge continues . If a high speed line is build then a shuttle service might be an attractive proposition although in theory there should also be greater capacity for extra trains
What ever happened to the link to Phuket that used to be shown on all those planning maps the state railway published at the turn of the century
Good question about the gauge, but I think we already know the answer considering the SRTs track record.
Ultimately the ideal scenario would have been a HSR from Bangkok to Malaysia, and then branch lines off this mainline (all standard gauge as well). The Samui line would be Surat Thani-Samui. There was a plan for a Surat Thani to Phuket, but I haven't seen any mention of that for a while.
Interesting. Should they build it meter gauge or standard gauge or perhaps both just to be on the safe side whilst they make up their minds on what the Thai railways of the future should look like. I get the idea but just how many trains would cross from Bangkok especially if the current meter gauge continues . If a high speed line is build then a shuttle service might be an attractive proposition although in theory there should also be greater capacity for extra trains
What ever happened to the link to Phuket that used to be shown on all those planning maps the state railway published at the turn of the century
Good question about the gauge, but I think we already know the answer considering the SRTs track record.
Ultimately the ideal scenario would have been a HSR from Bangkok to Malaysia, and then branch lines off this mainline (all standard gauge as well). The Samui line would be Surat Thani-Samui. There was a plan for a Surat Thani to Phuket, but I haven't seen any mention of that for a while.