High Speed Rail System in Thailand

High Speed Train Development

Bangkok was selected as the main terminal

for all routes because of its central context nature.

All routes radiated from Bangkok to

the North (Chiang Mai),
the North East (Nong Khai and Ubon Ratchathani)
the East (Chanthaburi and Aranyaprathet)
the South (Padang Besar)

were included in the ultimate plan in Year 2032.

In year 2017, the demand analysis suggested that the ridership of high
speed train in all routes would be as high as 153,000 trips per day or
as similar to the ordinary train service presently.
Technologies:
Trackwork: UIC60 Standard Gauge (1.435 m)

Power Supply: 25kV Overhead Caternary System (OCS)

Full Automatic Train Protection (ATP)

Communication: Fiber Optic and Wireless Technologies (at least STM16 Level)

Fully Fencing with Pedestrian Bridge or Tunnel

No Level Crossing: road rail intersections are replaced by grade-separation

(road overpass)

Maximum speed at least 250 km/hr.

Running on the new dedicated tracks

has been proposed.

Typical section is at-grade embankment.

UIC-60 standard gauge rail.

In order to minimize the investment cost,

The alignment is mainly kept inside

the Right-of-Way of State Railway of Thailand (SRT)

with some land acquisition as necessary.

Baring slab is used in soft soil areas.


30 5
5%
1.6 2.5% 5
30


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 Cost VS Speed
Investment Cost
New Track

Upgrade Track

Meter Gauge Track

Standard Gauge Track

Hi Speed Train
105 kph

120 kph

160 kph

250 kph
90 kph

Speed

PPP



(.)
745
615
330
985
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1 2 3
50 30
- 745 209,396 14,560 108,261 70,780
- ( :) (51.7%) (33.8%)
- FIRR (%) 0.93 23.53 2.25 4.66
- EIRR (%) 14.55
- 615 180,379 14,560 94,400 62,464
- ( :) (52.3%) (34.6%)
- FIRR (%) 1.85 31.93 5.58 8.41
- EIRR (%) 19.08
- 937 234,071 17,600 123,749 81,289
- ( :) (52.9%) (34.7%)
- FIRR (%) 1.61 36.15 4.73 7.30
- EIRR (%) 19.23
- 221 56,601 3,360 28,973 18,728
- ( :) (51.2%) (33.1%)
- FIRR (%) 0.14 22.49 3.25 5.54
- EIRR (%) 15.40


- 256 93,315

- 382 110,577

- 648 154,348

1,286 358,240


- 314 70,008

- 359 84,064

- 363 93,024

- - 334 92,007

- - 221 49,262

1,591 388,365
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(.. 2553 - 2557) (.. 2558-2562) (.. 2563-2575)

. . . .
3,763 93.1 2,996 62.8 1,971 38.3 724 13.0

280 6.9 1,047 21.9 2,072 40.3 3,319 59.7
()
() 0 0.0 730 15.3 1,098 21.4 1,517 27.3
4,043 100 4,773 100 5,141 100 5,560 100

/ ()
0 1,039 1,948 2,976
0 0 548 2,256