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=== Transportation === {{main|Transport in Thailand|List of airports in Thailand}} [[File:Bangkok Skytrain 2011.jpg|left|thumb|The [[BTS Skytrain]] is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok.]] The [[State Railway of Thailand]] (SRT) operates all of Thailand's national rail lines. [[Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal]] and [[Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) railway station|Bangkok (Hua Lamphong)]] are the main termini of intercity routes. Phahonyothin and ICD [[Lat Krabang]] are the main freight terminals. {{as of|2025}} SRT had {{convert|4507|km|mi|abbr=on}} of track, all of it [[meter gauge]]. Nearly all is single-track (2702.1 km), although some important sections around Bangkok are double ({{convert|1,234.9|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}}) or triple-tracked ({{convert|107|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}}), and there are plans to extend this.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thongkamkoon |first=Chaiwat |date=17 November 2017 |title=25601124-RaiwalDevOTP.pdf |url=https://www.otp.go.th/uploads/tiny_uploads/PDF/2560-11/25601124-RaiwalDevOTP.pdf |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thongkamkoon |first=Chaiwat |title=PowerPoint Presentation |url=https://www.boi.go.th/upload/content/Infrastructure%20Development%20Plan%20by%20Mr.%20Chaiwat%20Thongkamkoon%20(EN)_5b7f83df1eff2.pdf |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=Thailand Board of Investment |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103133819/https://www.boi.go.th/upload/content/Infrastructure%20Development%20Plan%20by%20Mr.%20Chaiwat%20Thongkamkoon%20(EN)_5b7f83df1eff2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rail transport in Bangkok]] includes long-distance services. There are four rapid transit rail systems in the capital: the [[BTS Skytrain]], [[MRT (Bangkok)|MRT]], [[SRT Red Lines]], and the [[Airport Rail Link (Bangkok)|Airport Rail Link]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malaitham |first=Sathita |date=2013 |title=A Study Of Urban Rail Transit Development Effects In Bangkok Metropolitan Region |url=https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/180485/2/dkogk03781.pdf |journal=Kyoto University}}</ref> In Bangkok, there were two failed rapid rail projects [[Lavalin Skytrain]] and [[Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System]], before [[Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region]] was endorsed by the cabinet on 27 September 1994 and implemented from 1995 to the present.<ref name="adjustplan">{{cite web |script-title=th:เส้นทางปรับแผนรถไฟฟ้า |url=http://www.otp.go.th/th/Bkk_mrt/adjustplan.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102075809/http://www.otp.go.th/th/Bkk_mrt/adjustplan.php |archive-date=2 January 2011 |access-date=16 January 2012 |work=Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region website |publisher=Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning |language=th}}</ref> Thailand has {{convert|390000|km|mi|abbr=off}} of highways.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Janssen |first=Peter |date=23 January 2017 |title=Thailand's expanding state 'threatens future growth' |work=Nikkei Asian Review |url=http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Thailand-s-expanding-state-threatens-future-growth |url-status=live |access-date=23 January 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211124094900/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Thailand-s-expanding-state-threatens-future-growth |archive-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2017}}, Thailand has over 462,133 roads and 37 million registered vehicles, 20 million of them motorbikes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 January 2017 |title=Life and death on Thailand's lethal roads|publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38660283 |url-status=live |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015221844/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38660283 |archive-date=15 October 2019}}</ref> A number of undivided two-lane highways have been converted into divided four-lane highways. Within the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, there are a number of [[Controlled-access highways in Thailand|controlled-access highways]]. There are 4,125 public vans operating on 114 routes from Bangkok alone.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mahittirook |first=Amornrat |date=7 November 2016 |title=Public vans likely to offer 10% fare cut |work=Bangkok Post |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism-and-transport/1128693/public-vans-likely-to-offer-10-fare-cut |access-date=7 November 2016 |archive-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328151333/https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/1128693/public-vans-likely-to-offer-10-fare-cut |url-status=live }}</ref> Other forms of road transport includes [[Auto rickshaw|tuk-tuks]], taxis—with over 80,647 registered taxis nationwide as of 2018,<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 November 2018 |title=The meter is ticking |work=Bangkok Post |department=Opinion |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1575514/the-meter-is-ticking |url-status=live |access-date=14 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606194211/https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1575514/the-meter-is-ticking |archive-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> vans ([[minibus]]), motorbike taxis, and [[songthaew]]s. {{as of|2012}}, Thailand has 103 airports with 63 paved runways, in addition to 6 heliports. The busiest airport in the country is Bangkok's [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport – FNM2024 |url=https://www.fnm2024.com/getting-there/bangkok-suvarnabhumi-airport/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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