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Malaysia and Thailand intend to resume a direct train service between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok by the end of 2025, it has been confirmed. The reintroduction of the route will take advantage of ...

BANGKOK: Malaysia and Thailand intend to revive the direct train service between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok this year, says Anthony Loke. The Transport Minister said the service could be rolled out ...

In a charming turn of cultural misunderstanding, the Hong Kong-born K-pop star recently became the subject of a lighthearted online buzz after confusing Bangkok's BTS Skytrain with the ...

Our second hotel, the NH Bangkok Sukhumvit Boulevard, was downtown and only a few hundred meters walk from the SkyTrain station. Two train systems move people around the city. The BTS Skytrain ...

After a long-haul flight of over 11 hours to Bangkok, there is nothing more ... There was an inviting armchair from which to admire the view, and a wooden side table on which was placed a vase ...

Bangkok’s BTS Skytrain services came to a temporary halt when disaster first struck. Multiple roads were also closed, which resulted in heavier traffic jams. Everything is now operating as per ...

Chinese construction networks led by state-owned firms have played major roles in Bangkok’s recent building boom, adding apartments, train lines ... this critical view.” Damien Cave leads ...

One person who was on the Bangkok ... BTS_SkyTrain station… now looking like ashes are falling. Anyone with info…" A video taken at the scene showed the transport violently rocking from side ...

The BTS Skytrain services in Bangkok were temporarily suspended following tremors from a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar, which were felt in the city. "Due to an emergency ...

A woman makes an offering to gods as part of the traditional worship rituals on the eve of the Lunar New Year in Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand. Forget the airport—Thailand’s new train network ...