Nong Khai railway station is a railway station located in Mi Chai Sub-district,

Mueang Nong Khai District Mueang Nong Khai ( th, เมืองหนองคาย, ) is the capital district (''amphoe mueang'') of Nong Khai province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise): Phon Phisai of Nong Khai Pro ...

Nong Khai Province Nong Khai province ( th, หนองคาย, ) was formerly the northernmost of the Isan, northeastern (Isan) Provinces of Thailand, provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand until its eight eastern districts were split off to form Thailand's newes ...

. It is a class 1 railway station located from Bangkok railway station.

History

Originally, Nong Khai railway station opened at the location of the present day

Na Tha railway station Na Tha railway station is a railway station located in Nong Kom Ko Subdistrict, Mueang Nong Khai District, Nong Khai Province Nong Khai province ( th, หนองคาย, ) was formerly the northernmost of the northeastern (Isan) provinces ...

as part of the Northeastern Line –Na Tha section on September 13, 1955. In July 1958, the line extended to near the

Mekong River The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annuall ...

and the terminus station there was then the Nong Khai railway station, and the old was renamed Na Tha railway station. The station by the river acted as "Nong Khai" railway station for about 42 years, until the newer and present-day opened in May 2000 as ''Nong Khai railway station'' before ''Nong Khai Mai railway station''. The station by the river was renamed to "Talat Nong Khai" and close down 2008. In March 5, 2009, the Northeastern Line extended to

Thanaleng Thanaleng station, also known as Dongphosy station (''Ban Dong Phosy'' in Lao), is a railway station in Dongphosy village, Hadxayfong District, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos. It is east of the Lao capital city of Vientiane and north of the Lao-Th ...

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

across the

First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge The First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge ( th, สะพานมิตรภาพ ไทย-ลาว แห่งที่ 1, ; lo, ຂົວມິດຕະພາບ ລາວ-ໄທ ແຫ່ງທຳອິດ, ) is a bridge over the Mekong, c ...

, and international services between the present-day Nong Khai station and Thanaleng station began. The

metre gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

railway is currently being extended to the new Khamsavath Station several kilometres to the north west of Thanaleng station and just 4 km from the centre of Vientiane. Freight transport by train between Nong Khai and Laos will increase to 24 round trips, each trip comprise comprise 25 carriages, a day over the next five years, to handle growing cargo traffic from the rail link from

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...

Boten–Vientiane railway The Boten–Vientiane railway is the Lao section of the Lao–China Railway (LCR), running between the capital Vientiane and the northern town of Boten on the border with Yunnan, China. The line was officially opened on 3 December 2021. A co ...

, which opened in December 2021.

Train services

As of 28 December 2021, 8 trains serve Nong Khai railway station.

Outbound

Inbound

References

Railway stations in Thailand Railway stations opened in 1955 1955 establishments in Thailand {{Thailand-railstation-stub