webfact Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 High-speed rail service to Pattaya could be running within five yearsBy Coconuts BangkokBeautiful, wholesome Pattaya.BANGKOK: -- According to Chula Sukmanob, director of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, high-speed rail service to Pattaya could be a reality within the next five years.The government has plans to solicit bids for the proposed rail line beginning this September. After that, there will be a five-year interval before the rail’s completion.Once constructed, the line will carry trains at 250 kilometers an hour, closing the distance between Bangkok and Pattaya in roughly one hour.Full story: http://www.coconutsbangkok.com/news/high-speed-rail-service-to-pattaya-could-be-running-within-five-years/-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-03-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I thought pattaya was 120km from Bangkok ..... at 250km/h I think we will need less than one hour to arrive no ? I love Thailand and all those ideas and hub projects ..... unfortunately (or not) none of those projects never come out of the drawer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OzMick Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 WHY? Wouldn't an extension of the airport rail link @160km/h be fast enough for the short journey, and many billions of baht cheaper? 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrendsd Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I thought pattaya was 120km from Bangkok ..... at 250km/h I think we will need less than one hour to arrive no ? I love Thailand and all those ideas and hub projects ..... unfortunately (or not) none of those projects never come out of the drawer. The train would need time to reach that speed and also time to slow down before arrival For such a short journey I doubt if it would even reach top speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nev Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 What it is april fools day already? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CelticBhoy Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 Chula Sukmanob. Now there is the perfect surname for a man in Pataya! 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminomadic Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Chula Sukmanob. Now there is the perfect surname for a man in Pataya! Even better for a Thammasat supporter. As in "hey Chula, .." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrico2 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 WHY? Wouldn't an extension of the airport rail link @160km/h be fast enough for the short journey, and many billions of baht cheaper? I didnt know you were going to pay for the project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCFC Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 WHY? Wouldn't an extension of the airport rail link @160km/h be fast enough for the short journey, and many billions of baht cheaper?Perhaps most users will be coming from Bangkok and not the airport. And there'll no doubt be a transfer available from the airport link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I thought pattaya was 120km from Bangkok ..... at 250km/h I think we will need less than one hour to arrive no ? I love Thailand and all those ideas and hub projects ..... unfortunately (or not) none of those projects never come out of the drawer. The plan is for slow travel at both ends there by giving the sexpats time for a short peek at the wonders to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Nothing to stop the HSR from sharing the rails from Makkasan to where the line branches to the airport. Standard gauge and 25kV power is what the HSR would use. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 What it is april fools day already? For the PTP every day is April fools day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jbrain Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 I recall the announcements about a high speed rail connection Bangkok - Rayong in the next 3 years, but that was approximately 10 years ago 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pimay1 Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) I thought pattaya was 120km from Bangkok ..... at 250km/h I think we will need less than one hour to arrive no ? I love Thailand and all those ideas and hub projects ..... unfortunately (or not) none of those projects never come out of the drawer. The plan is for slow travel at both ends there by giving the sexpats time for a short peek at the wonders to come. Ahh to be young again and know what I know now Edited March 12, 2013 by Pimay1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ratcatcher Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 WHY? Wouldn't an extension of the airport rail link @160km/h be fast enough for the short journey, and many billions of baht cheaper? Because Mick, that would make too much sense. At airport rail-link speeds, passengers would still be in Pattaya fast enough for the first Viagra to take effect. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aussiebebe Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 running within 5 years - that's comical. I live in Samutprakan and I never thought I'd see the day when they extended the BTS here; it took them 5 years to get to Bearing, and yes, they have started continuing the route but it'll take years. Even a simple road underpass on the Srinakarin/Udomsuk intersection took almost three years. High-speed to Pattaya isn't happening this side of 2040. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 High Speed, High Speed,... but on frail and infrastructure that can crumble under the surface, it's rather gonna be High speed-FAIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I thought pattaya was 120km from Bangkok ..... at 250km/h I think we will need less than one hour to arrive no ? I love Thailand and all those ideas and hub projects ..... unfortunately (or not) none of those projects never come out of the drawer. 250 kmph is just on the steep downhill sections. Hold on to your lunchboxes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pimay1 Posted March 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2013 running within 5 years - that's comical. I live in Samutprakan and I never thought I'd see the day when they extended the BTS here; it took them 5 years to get to Bearing, and yes, they have started continuing the route but it'll take years. Even a simple road underpass on the Srinakarin/Udomsuk intersection took almost three years. High-speed to Pattaya isn't happening this side of 2040. Completion date is of no concern. First and foremost is allocation and distribution of the funds. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWIW Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 running within 5 years - that's comical. I live in Samutprakan and I never thought I'd see the day when they extended the BTS here; it took them 5 years to get to Bearing, and yes, they have started continuing the route but it'll take years. Even a simple road underpass on the Srinakarin/Udomsuk intersection took almost three years. High-speed to Pattaya isn't happening this side of 2040. Completion date is of no concern. First and foremost is allocation and distribution of the funds. Indeed. Hopefully there will be enough left over after the allocation and distribution to actually build the thing..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellweather Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 WHY? Wouldn't an extension of the airport rail link @160km/h be fast enough for the short journey, and many billions of baht cheaper? But what about the corruption, the bigger the project the bigger the pot ? Five years ma'boy but for you seven or not at all because the money has ' gone " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Bangkok-Pattaya rapid train rail to be completed in 2018BANGKOK, 12 March 2013 (NNT) - The high-speed train service between Bangkok and the beach city of Pattaya will be completed in 2018, while three other main routes will be finished the following year, according to a senior transport official.Director of the Transport and Traffice Policy and Planning Office Chula Sookmanob said that the Bangkok-Pattaya high-speed train route should be the first to be completed in 2018, while the Bangkok-Hua Hin route, the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima route, and the Bangkok-Phitsanulok route will be finished in 2019.The four high-speed train routes, together with the dual-track railway project and other mass transit rail projects, are expected to cost 1.65 trillion baht. The amount is part of the 2-trillion-baht infrastructure loan bill the government is proposing to parliament at the end of this month.-- NNT 2013-03-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic59 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Chula Sukmanob. Now there is the perfect surname for a man in Pataya!I was going to make that joke.250 kmph is just on the steep downhill sections. Hold on to your lunchboxes! Isn't that why we come to Pattaya? So we don't have to hold onto our lunchboxes? Edited March 12, 2013 by mic59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 running within 5 years - that's comical. I live in Samutprakan and I never thought I'd see the day when they extended the BTS here; it took them 5 years to get to Bearing, and yes, they have started continuing the route but it'll take years. Even a simple road underpass on the Srinakarin/Udomsuk intersection took almost three years. High-speed to Pattaya isn't happening this side of 2040. Completion date is of no concern. First and foremost is allocation and distribution of the funds. I was wondering what possessed him to be so optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprq Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Why? In god's name, why? Or rather, how? Nobody builds high speed rail lines for such a short journey and for just a tourist resort town, unless, of course, they are corrupt b***ards looking to rake off zillions. It's pointless in any practical terms. "According to the Bangkok Post, the government also has plans to extend high-speed train lines to Chiang Mai and Phitsanulok as part of its THB2 trillion infrastructure development initiative." How can you extend something which doesn't exist, as Alice said to the bureaucrat. And, if it ever happens, this would be one line, not two: Phitsanulok is on the way to Chiang Mai. Does anybody at Coconuts Bangkok have critical faculties? Apparently not, they just regurgitate the idiotic spiel that comes their way. Edited March 12, 2013 by spr&q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I plan to have a 15 inch penis by the end of the year. See, I can make wild claims with a straight face too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I plan to have a 15 inch penis by the end of the year. See, I can make wild claims with a straight face too Anyone we know? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMick Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Nothing to stop the HSR from sharing the rails from Makkasan to where the line branches to the airport. Standard gauge and 25kV power is what the HSR would use. I would have thought that the airport would be a major source of passengers on a BKK-Pattaya route and an essential stop. If so, what would be the time differential in using the faster train on the short BKK-airport leg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayaorganic Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I thought pattaya was 120km from Bangkok ..... at 250km/h I think we will need less than one hour to arrive no ? I love Thailand and all those ideas and hub projects ..... unfortunately (or not) none of those projects never come out of the drawer. The train would need time to reach that speed and also time to slow down before arrival For such a short journey I doubt if it would even reach top speed OK Darren. Are you a physics expert? Have you every ridden a Shinkansen? The trains do not take 100km to reach top speed my friend...Even at an extremely gentle 1% of G acceleration rate, you would reach 250km/h in less than 12 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Bangkok-Pattaya rapid train rail to be completed in 2018 BANGKOK, 12 March 2013 (NNT) - The high-speed train service between Bangkok and the beach city of Pattaya will be completed in 2018, while three other main routes will be finished the following year, according to a senior transport official. Director of the Transport and Traffice Policy and Planning Office Chula Sookmanob said that the Bangkok-Pattaya high-speed train route should be the first to be completed in 2018, while the Bangkok-Hua Hin route, the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima route, and the Bangkok-Phitsanulok route will be finished in 2019. The four high-speed train routes, together with the dual-track railway project and other mass transit rail projects, are expected to cost 1.65 trillion baht. The amount is part of the 2-trillion-baht infrastructure loan bill the government is proposing to parliament at the end of this month. -- NNT 2013-03-12 So in fact they already announcing a finishing date while in fact they even don't have starting agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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