New Train From Thailand To Laos Open Date?

[funfun]

anyone know if the new train going across from nonkai to laos has opened fully yet? as last time time on here was a trail run

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Test-Run-Tha...ss-t198244.html

googled it got, http://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm#Bangkok...o%20Nong%20Khai

Railway under construction: Construction of the railway from Nong Khai across the Friendship Bridge into Laos started in January 2007, and was due to open as far as a new rail passenger terminal at Tha Naleng, just on the Laos side of the Bridge, on 18 April 2008 (although in practice it didn't, and is still not open as at June 2008, due to legal problems). An extension the following 12km to the suburbs of Vientiane is being studied.

wikipeadea says august

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Laos

going in a couple of days and would like to go on if poss, if anyones up there and knows the ins an outs times etc would be grateful,

cheers

chris

[Lite Beer]

Not much help , but I seem to remember sometime in August as being open.

Edited July 25, 2008 by Lite Beer

[sjaak327]

It's is running already (at least that's what I have been told). Of course it's only a few KM into Laos, the line would extended into Vientiane in the near future.

Aside from that, the train takes a long time (from Bangkok), much quicker to take the bus to Nong Khai.

[funfun]

It's is running already (at least that's what I have been told). Of course it's only a few KM into Laos, the line would extended into Vientiane in the near future.

Aside from that, the train takes a long time (from Bangkok), much quicker to take the bus to Nong Khai.

sorry forgot to add, im flying upto udon, sunday so can go accross or if train early am will stay udon,

cheers

[abdulrahman]

anyone know if the new train going across from nonkai to laos has opened fully yet? as last time time on here was a trail run

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Test-Run-Tha...ss-t198244.html

googled it got, http://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm#Bangkok...o%20Nong%20Khai

Railway under construction: Construction of the railway from Nong Khai across the Friendship Bridge into Laos started in January 2007, and was due to open as far as a new rail passenger terminal at Tha Naleng, just on the Laos side of the Bridge, on 18 April 2008 (although in practice it didn't, and is still not open as at June 2008, due to legal problems). An extension the following 12km to the suburbs of Vientiane is being studied.

wikipeadea says august

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Laos

going in a couple of days and would like to go on if poss, if anyones up there and knows the ins an outs times etc would be grateful,

cheers

chris

First they said April,then August:don't hold your breath!

Methinks they haven't decided how to process the passengers yet.

Anyway,for the5Km,it will be only worth if one stay on the train all the way from/to Bangkok!

[funfun]

anyone know if the new train going across from nonkai to laos has opened fully yet? as last time time on here was a trail run

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Test-Run-Tha...ss-t198244.html

googled it got, http://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm#Bangkok...o%20Nong%20Khai

Railway under construction: Construction of the railway from Nong Khai across the Friendship Bridge into Laos started in January 2007, and was due to open as far as a new rail passenger terminal at Tha Naleng, just on the Laos side of the Bridge, on 18 April 2008 (although in practice it didn't, and is still not open as at June 2008, due to legal problems). An extension the following 12km to the suburbs of Vientiane is being studied.

wikipeadea says august

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Laos

going in a couple of days and would like to go on if poss, if anyones up there and knows the ins an outs times etc would be grateful,

cheers

chris

First they said April,then August:don't hold your breath!

Methinks they haven't decided how to process the passengers yet.

Anyway,for the5Km,it will be only worth if one stay on the train all the way from/to Bangkok!

"Anyway,for the5Km,it will be only worth if one stay on the train all the way from/to Bangkok!"

for you maybe, i dont want to be stuck on a train for 12 hours, the short journey will do fine, or maybe from udon if it goes through there? if it is open, i would have thought someone lives that area!

thanks all

chris

[bjhabal]

They did the first test trip successfully two weeks ago, but they did not say when it will start.

Bishop.