Thailand - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on services at dates noted in entries, but understood to still be current.
Obscure services
Chitlada Junction – Phaya Thai TH1
One train a day uses this curve, the third side of a triangle which links the Northern and Eastern lines: 0535 Mon to Fri Rangsit - Hua Takhe (train 376). All other trains originate/terminate in Bangkok. This train is shown as "Not in service" at May 2023 but it is not clear whether this is temporary or permanent. Report updated: May 2023
Nam Tok – Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi TH2
Two excursion trains per week use this 1.4km extension of the old Thailand-Burma railway: 0630 Sat and Sun Bangkok Hualamphong - Nam Tok and 1425 return (trains 909/910). Tickets are sold from 90 days ahead, on personal application only, and train may be sold out. However, the section can only be traversed if the train is formed of diesel multiple unit stock, as there are no run-round facilities at the single-line Sai Yok Noi terminus. All other trains on the route terminate at Nam Tok. For fuller details see Richard Barrow's guide books. Report updated: December 2022
[Surat Thani –] Ban Thung Pho Junction – Khiri Ratthanikhom TH3
This 31.8km-long line (which was intended to be a through route to Phuket, but never completed) has one return mixed-train service daily (except public holidays): 0615 Khiri Ratthanikhom - Surat Thani (train 490), returning at 1655 (train 489). Report updated: December 2022
Nong Pla Duk Junction - Suphan Buri - Malaiman (or Malai Maen) TH4
This 79km-long line has one return service weekly: 1640 Bangkok Hua Lamphong - Suphan Buri (train 355 on Sundays), returning at 0400 (train 356 on Mondays). The afternoon train runs on from Suphan Buri to Malaiman, a further 1500m. The station (which does not appear in any SRT timetable) is much more convenient for the town and consists of a single track with nameboard. The morning train starts from Suphan Buri, runs to Malaiman where it reverses and takes passengers, then proceeds to Bangkok calling again at Suphan Buri. Confirmation of the continued running of the extension Suphan Buri ⇔ Malaiman would be welcomed. Report updated: January 2023
Deletions since last edition
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