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. Check the Train Tracking System for on the day or the past two weeks performance.
Obscure and Sparse services
Chitlada Junction – Phaya Thai TH1
One train a day uses this Bangkok Hua Lamphong avoiding curve, the third side of a triangle linking the Northern and Eastern lines: 0535 Mon to Fri Rangsit - Hua Takhe (train 376). Report updated: January 2025
Nam Tok – Nam Tok Soi Yok Noi TH2
All SRT scheduled services terminate at Nam Tok but two excursion trains per week use this 1.4km extension of the old Thailand-Burma railway: 0630 Sat and Sun Bangkok Hua Lamphong and 1425 return (trains 909/910). Tickets are sold from 90 days ahead, are frequently sold out but can now be purchased on-line. From this linked page scroll down to page 2 of the list of Excursions and click the square marked Soi Nok Yoi. If only a single date is shown, click on that and later dates should appear. SRT Excursions. UK credit cards accepted. Note the English on the PDF ticket says Bangkok - Nam Tok, but a March 2025 PDF when translated showed the destination as "Waterfall".
Note this 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 Soi Yok Noi terminus and it has been observed as formed of loco and coaches. For additional background details see The Man at Seat 61 or Richard Barrow's guide books. Report updated: February 2025
[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
[Uttaradit -] Ban Dara Junction - Sawankhalok TH5
One pair daily, trains 405 & 406, believed to be 10:00 from Sila At arrive Sawankhalok 11:00, departing 13:00, arrive Sila At 14:05. This branch closed for Covid and did not resume until 15 July 2023. These re-timings with effect from 31 March 2024 result in no southbound connection towards Bangkok until overnight services on the same day as a return trip on the branch [Updated: February 2025]
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