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SRT Northern line: Steam Locomotives at Bang Pa In. On the 12th august 2010 I visited Bang Pa In station to photograph the Queens Birthday special steam train. This steam train ran from Hualamphong station in Bangkok to Ayutthaya station. The special steam trains operate 4 times a year over the same...

On the 14th August 2011 I visited and photographed the new BTS extension from On Nut BTS station to Bearing BTS station. This extension opened on 12th august 2011 so my visit was only a couple days after full services had commenced on the new section. A little background on the BTS: Tenders for the ...

One day in June 2010 I photographed the conditions and traffic volumes found during the morning peak on the Mahachai line and around Wong Wian Yai area. In 2009 and 2010 the Mahachai line and the buses at Wong Wian Yai formed part of my daily commute. This commute consisted of a motorbike taxi or Tr...

One afternoon during August 2011 I visited Ban Bo station on the Maeklong Line. This visit was to document a mid route station on the Maeklong line and to capture the lines trains from a track side vantage point. Ban Bo village and station is about 50 km south west of Bangkok. A little Background on...

The line 1435mm standard guage. However there is another line underconstruction that will be 1000mm narrow guage opening in 2013. Plus the red line commuter planned to link hualamphong and rangsit will be an elevated 1000mm narrow guage metro line with an express track. Also there is talk of 2000km ...

Over 4 separate trips I visited and documented the new Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi airport rail link. The visits occurred during the limited free trial period in June 2010 and on the 1st day of full service on 23rd august 2010. A little Background on the Bangkok Airport Rail Link. The airport rail link ...

Over 2 days in late August 2010 I embarked on a rail photography trip to Khun Tan on SRT's Northern Line. Khun Tan is Thailand's highest railway station and is home to Thailand's longest railway tunnel. Khun Tan is located at the summit of northern line that connects Bangkok with Chiang Mai. It is 6...

In early April 2010 while visiting friends in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I had a few days spare to photograph the various types of mass transport around Kuala Lumpur. This was my 1st visit to Kuala Lumpur in 6 years and my some things had changed in the city some better some worse. A background on the ...

There is a very simple way of dealing with horrible arrival times at rural stations. Operate 2 trains daily one departing at 6am and the other at 6pm. This will mean there will be a day and night service from each station along the line thus avoiding the need for 11pm to 5am boardings when there wou...

Last week I visited Hualamphong station in central Bangkok. While there I tried out taking some night time pictures and videos with fairly reasonable results. Why I tried out night shots at Hualamphong station? It is simple its one of only a handful of locations with good lighting and a large number...

I have recently updated my Thai Mass Transport Systems website with a new interesting topic. 1. SRT: Hualamphong Station by Night + Overnight Trains. http://thaitransit.blogspot.com/2010/03/srt-hualamphong-station-by-night.html I hope you find the pictures and vehicles shown to be of interest if you...

I have recently updated my Thai Mass Transport Systems website with some new interesting topics. 1. The Mass Transit of Mukdahan. http://thaitransit.blogspot.com/2010/03/mass-transit-of-mukdahan.html 2. Thai VIP Intercity Buses: Route and Timetable information with pictures. http://thaitransit.blogs...

I have recently updated my Thai Mass Transport Systems website with some new interesting topics. 1. Udon Thani's Mass transit system. http://thaitransit.blogspot.com/2010/02/udon-thanis-mass-transit-system.html I hope you find the pictures and vehicles shown to be of interest if you view this please...

I have recently updated my Thai Mass Transport Systems website with some new interesting topics. 1. The Mass Transit of Vientiane Laos. http://thaitransit.blogspot.com/2010/02/mass-transit-of-vientiane-laos.html 2. The state of the Mahachai Line and Bang Bon "Track Lake". http://thaitransi...

I hope this is the correct section. Here is the situation as it currently stands: I have 2 mass transport corridors both suffer from extreme overcrowding. Corridor 1 is about 20 km long Corridor 2 is about 35 km long Currently they are serviced by very high frequency bus services which are at the ma...