Popular Post webfact Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 file photo By Online Reporter Hua Hin has been confirmed as a destination for Thailand’s new high speed train project, the government has announced. Confirmation of whether or not a Hua Hin would be included in the project has been somewhat of a stop start process. Recent years have seen several new high speed rail development projects proposed throughout Thailand, some of which have included Hua Hin as a potential destination. However, up until recently, any concrete plans had remained firmly on the drawing board. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/hua-hin-to-get-high-speed-train-by-2032/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-10-05 - 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. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 Thailand desperately needs high speed trains and alternative forms of transport. The highways here are choked with trucks of all sizes, due to decades of neglect, on the part of officials, to come up with alternative ways to move cargo. All major cities should be linked by high speed rail. Hua Hin would be a good place to start. And while they are at it, put that airport to work. It is one of the least utilized airports in the world. Why, has remained a mystery, though we have heard rumors. Laos has a high speed train. Thailand is considered a developed nation. I say no. Bangkok, sure. But the rest of the nation is third world, or developing, depending on how PC you are. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stocky Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: Thailand desperately needs high speed trains Let's not put the cart before the horse! Thailand desperately needs a modern twin track railway line from Bangkok to the Malaysian border. The line from Singapore to Padang Basar is now twin track with overhead electrics. North of the border it's still the original 1920 single track with passing points and diesel. Some 10% of Thailand's trade is with Malaysia, most of that currently goes by road. . Edited October 5, 2022 by Stocky 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 They can't predict and plan for shet for next month and they're predicting for next 10 years?... Good luck with that... 5 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stocky said: Let's not put the cart I'd like to see TH manage 1 full year without a derailment. That alone would be an accomplishment. Had 1 just this week, and of course, that was the fault of the rain ... ... or did the brakes fail ... maybe micro-sleep ... dog ran out in front of me, was always my favorite ???? Edited October 5, 2022 by KhunLA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaiyen Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 Thailand cant even manage a low speed train service ! Got no chance of this ever happening. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 If it does arrive then it will be parked up on a siding as a novelty attraction.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicknoodle Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 This has only been just confirmed? Sure? So why from Bangkok to Hua Hin are there new tracks and most stations are being rebuilt and many bridges built over the railway lines in Hua Hin?? Surely the plans have been in place for years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Is that so people can leave the place quicker? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 Hua Hin to get high speed train by 2032 If this was China: Hua Hin to get high speed train by 2032 2023 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1000 baht plane tickets But yeah fast train might work but needs to go near Phuket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: Is that so people can leave the place quicker? Could be. HH isnt that good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Sparktrader said: Could be. HH isnt that good. In that case, which I agree with, they need to extend the service to Phuket, which is also a s.... hole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: In that case, which I agree with, they need to extend the service to Phuket, which is also a s.... hole Since no trains go to Phuket now, I wouldn't hold my breath. Phuket has easy airport access, Hua Hin does not, and present trains, even when new faster service starts up soon, isn't much of an advantage, time wise, over driving from Krung Thep. Unless you have no need for a car once there. Edited October 5, 2022 by KhunLA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Everything's way too slow. The only thing fast is the talk, talk, talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 20 minutes ago, KhunLA said: Since no trains go to Phuket now, I wouldn't hold my breath. Phuket has easy airport access, Hua Hin does not, and present trains, even when new faster service starts up soon, isn't much of an advantage, time wise, over driving from Krung Thep. Unless you have no need for a car once there. I think that you may have slightly missed my point. If it was up to me, I would want to leave both Phuket and HH as quickly as possible, not get to either place. Any form of transport that achieves that objective is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 6 hours ago, spidermike007 said: Laos has a high speed train. More accurately, China has a "high speed" (so to speak) train in Laos. Huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Aussieroaming Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 Thailand must have been told by Japan that it will have an old high speed train that is flogged out and past its use by date to donate for free to the kingdom by 2032. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo1967 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 6 hours ago, ezzra said: They can't predict and plan for shet for next month and they're predicting for next 10 years?... Good luck with that... So negative.... maybe time foir you to go back home! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo1967 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, jaiyen said: Thailand cant even manage a low speed train service ! Got no chance of this ever happening. Another sych lovely negative person... are you getting some attention at home? (ps. waiting for the admins to delete me again from so many depressing people) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaGuy Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Like this … ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaGuy Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 It’s a metaphor … either … Japanese hi-tech transport system or children’s fantasy … take your pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Hua Hin to get high speed train by 2032 10 years before start of operation? It took 7 years to complete what was regarded in its day as the UK's first "high speed railway" between Liverpool and Manchester (1823 - 1830)!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_of_the_Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway#:~:text=Within ten years%2C 1%2C775 miles,10%2C000 km) were in place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 High speed trains will require an upgrade to broad gauge track and electrification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 So for most of us in our 60's and over, that's "never". By the way whatever happened to Hua Hin resident poster NCC-1701 ? Hope he's still alive and well somewhere. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhaoYai Posted October 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2022 It would be a good idea to actually finish some mega projects instead of continually announcing new ones. M6 - Bangkok - Korat Motorway now 3 years past its scheduled completion date - just one example. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I would think a high speed train would be elevated? If not it will cut Thailand in half length wise,most Thai people will not like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Halliday Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Forget it. Won't happen in the next 20 years 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyn Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Drove past the new station they are building in Hua Hin yesterday it is huge and looks like its going to be really smart, its almost next door to the existing station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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