New Red Line Forms Backbone of Thai Railways

The opening of new train routes is, thankfully, no longer a novel experience for the residents of Bangkok. The rapid expansion of the city’s metro system has seen the steady opening of new lines and routes on an almost yearly basis since 2016, slowly but surely weaving a delicate web from the dense urban center to its ever-growing outskirts.

The new SRT Red Line, which services Greater Bangkok’s northern outpost of Rangsit in Pathum Thani, and forays into the west with a stop in Taling Chan, looks no more significant at first glance than any of the other threads spinning out of the metropolis.

However, its 12 stations and 41 kilometers of rail lay at the crossroads of two of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Thailand’s history; projects that will have major ramifications for the country’s social and economic development for years to come....

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