Section of Hua Hin dual track rail line now 99% complete, set to open in 2023

[webfact]

A render of an electric train. file photo

 

By Jonathan Fairfield

 

The construction of a major section of the new dual track rail line in Hua Hin is now more than 99 percent complete, the Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has announced.

 

According to Dr Pichet Kunadhamraks, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Rail Transport, the 84 kilometre stretch of the rail line that connects Hua Hin with Prachuap Khiri Khan is now 99.870 percent complete.

 

Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe

 

The section of the track in Hua Hin forms part of the line that will eventually connect Nakhon Pathom with Chumphon, a distance of 421 kilometers.

 

In and around Hua Hin, the construction of the rail line is part of the Southern Railway Construction Project and is separated into three different stages.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/05/03/three-day-labor-day-weekend-sees-significant-domestic-tourism-boost-in-pattaya/

 

-- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-05-04

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

- Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

According to Dr Pichet Kunadhamraks, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Rail Transport, the 84 kilometre stretch of the rail line that connects Hua Hin with Prachuap Khiri Khan is now 99.870 percent complete.

Amazing Thailand... never fails

[RocketDog]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Amazing Thailand... never fails

But wait, is that in centimeters or kilograms? And where is the important fourth significant digit?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[BE88]

And of course he does not talk about the bridges that should divert road traffic from the railway line whose works have been stopped for two years or where the new (50 years) Japanese trains given free to Thailand abandoned in some storage as not even what is the progress of the railway works Bangkok HuaHin much further back in the works. These beautiful statements to the press only denote great incompetence.

 

The beautiful picture of the electric train is not the one expected to arrive in the next 200 years in Hua Hin

[PETERTHEEATER]

It's  laughable when you realize that all the hype means is that instead of a single one metre gauge track there are now two parallel tracks enabling low-speed trains to run in opposite directions simultaneously. I think the system should be patented to prevent developed countries from copying..

[Jotnar]

their idea of almost complete, and mine, seem to be very different.  by 2023 ?  must mean december 2023, then maybe.

[rickudon]

This means 100% of bribes/skimming now complete. Just need to actually build it now.......

[sammieuk1]

No kidding about two weeks ago the barriers went down at the road rail junk junction soi 88 to let one of these pass the guys were pumping like crazy but it was hardly high speed ????

[spidermike007]

Why is there a rendering of an electric train? Huh? The two track system is expected to speed things up. To what extent? How long will a trip to Bangkok take, after the second track is installed and ready to go? Will they be purchasing state of the art rolling stock, or will they again buy cheap, used equipment? Will they be able to improve punctuality on the system? The last few times I tried the train, it was 2-3 hours late, each time. So, it now takes 5-6 hours to travel from Hua Hin to Bangkok, or back. And an extra 2-3 hours for tardiness. Not appealing at all. Will it improve? One sure hopes. Thailand desperately needs alternatives to the massively choked up highways. 

 

 

Edited May 4, 2022 by spidermike007

[Stargeezr]

Is there 85 kms.  of elevated track for the high speed train? I see the rail system in China, and 

the miles and kms.  of elevated tracks are neat to see. If the rails are on ground level, then a high speed train wreck

will be amazing and spectacular because some one did not obey the signals and barriers, like they do with

the present crossings in Thailand, and other countries. Just saying.

[GroveHillWanderer]

On 5/6/2022 at 1:33 AM, Stargeezr said:

Is there 85 kms.  of elevated track for the high speed train? I see the rail system in China, and 

the miles and kms.  of elevated tracks are neat to see. If the rails are on ground level, then a high speed train wreck

will be amazing and spectacular because some one did not obey the signals and barriers, like they do with

the present crossings in Thailand, and other countries. Just saying.

No, this is not a high speed rail line. It's simply the addition of a second, "normal speed" rail line.

 

The high speed rail project for Hua Hin has not yet been approved.