Laos: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 70: Line 70:
===Recent Changes===
===Recent Changes===


The previous only just crossing the border [on a combined road/rail bridge] Metre Gauge Bangkok - Nong Khai - Thanaleng service was extended 9km further into Laos from 19 July 2024 to terminate at the new Vientiane Khamsavath station. Note this station is still 9km from the centre and the other High Speed line railway station in Vientiane.  
The previous only just crossing the border [on a combined road/rail bridge] Metre Gauge Bangkok - Nong Khai [SRT] - Thanaleng service was extended 9km further into Laos from 19 July 2024 to terminate at the new Vientiane Khamsavath station. Note this station is still 9km from the city centre and the other High Speed line railway station in Vientiane.  


The 418 km railway linking Vientiane and the Chinese border at Boten was formally opened for freight on 3 December 2021. A regular cross-border passenger service, once a day, started between Kunming and Vientiane on 13 April 2023.
The 418 km railway linking Vientiane and the Chinese border at Boten was formally opened for freight on 3 December 2021. A regular cross-border passenger service, once a day, started between Kunming and Vientiane on 13 April 2023.

Revision as of 17:29, 3 February 2025

Country Details

See Wikipedia

Railway System

Maps

Timetable

Information is available at the Man in Seat 61.

Ticketing

On the High Speed line [as at January 2025] no ticket purchase is possible until 2 or 3 three days before travel... See Man in Seat 61 for options.

Gauges

Metre with a Standard gauge line to China.

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz AC

Metro and light rail systems

None

Recent and Future Changes

Recent Changes

The previous only just crossing the border [on a combined road/rail bridge] Metre Gauge Bangkok - Nong Khai [SRT] - Thanaleng service was extended 9km further into Laos from 19 July 2024 to terminate at the new Vientiane Khamsavath station. Note this station is still 9km from the city centre and the other High Speed line railway station in Vientiane.

The 418 km railway linking Vientiane and the Chinese border at Boten was formally opened for freight on 3 December 2021. A regular cross-border passenger service, once a day, started between Kunming and Vientiane on 13 April 2023.

Future Changes

A Laotian and a Vietnamese company reported in March 2023 that they have the backing of their respective national governments for a study into the construction of a 555 km railway between Vientiane and the port of Vũng Áng in Vietnam.

Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

None known.