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HISTORY SRT was founded as the Royal Siamese Railway (RSR) in 1890 . Construction of the Bangkok - Ayutthaya railway (71 km), the first part of the Northern Line, was started in 1891 and completed on May 23 , 1892 . The Thonburi - Phetchaburi line (150 km), later the Southern Line, was opened on June 19 , 1903 . The Northern Line was originally built as Standard Gauge , but in September 1919 it was decided to standardize on Meter Gauge and the Northern Line was regauged during the next ten years. On July 1 , 1951 , RSR changed its name to the present State Railway of Thailand. As Of 2005 , SRT has 4,070 km of track, all of it Meter Gauge . Nearly all of the track is single-track, although some important sections around Bangkok are double or triple-tracked and there are plans to extend this. MAIN STATION SRT have many station along the route. Hualamphong or Krungthep Station is the Main Terminal of all route, Phahonyothin and ICD Ladkrabang is the main Freight Terminal. There the main station in each line. Northern Line
Northeastern Line
Eastern Line
Southern Line
INTERNATIONAL SERVICES SRT operates international services to Butterworth in Penang , Malaysia in conjunction with Malaysian state operator KTM . A link to Vientiane , Laos across the Friendship Bridge remains in the planning phase. The current terminus of the line is Nong Khai . There are also plans to reopen rail links to Cambodia via Poipet from the railhead at Aranyaprathet . Railway connections to Myanmar (Burma), notably the infamous Death Railway , are defunct. INTERCITY SERVICES SRT operates intercity passenger services on the following lines in Thailand: Northern Line
Northeastern Line
Eastern Line Southern Line
OTHER SERVICES SRT also operates some commuter services around Bangkok . SRT is building and may operate the airport express link to Suvarnabhumi Airport , scheduled to open in 2007. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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