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The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) ((タイ語:การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย)) is the state-owned rail operator in Thailand. The network serves around 50 million passengers per year. ==History== The SRT was founded as the Royal State Railways of Siam (RSR) in 1890. Construction of the Bangkok-Ayutthaya railway (), the first part of the Northern Line, was started in 1891 and completed on May 23, 1892. The Thonburi-Phetchaburi line (), 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. In 2014 SRT had of track, all of it meter gauge Nearly all is single-track (3,685 km), although some important sections around Bangkok are double (251 km) or triple-tracked (107 km) and there are plans to extend this. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「State Railway of Thailand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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