Transportation
in Thailand
 The
state owns the Thai railroad system and it runs along a total of 3870 km of
track. There is a network of railway lines that go from Bangkok to
surrounding cities in all directions. It goes to Chiang Mai in the north
to the frontier of Malaysia in the south. There is another line available
that extends to Myanmar in the northwest.
The
highways in Thailand were improved upon in the 1970s and are comprised of roads
totaling about 65,000 km. An important alternative to the highways is the
Chao Phraya, the most important inland waterway in Thailand, which can be
navigated to about 50 miles from its mouth (80 km).
Thailand's
largest airport is the Don Muang International Airport located in northern
Bangkok, but may be surpassed by another international airport in the process of
being built in Bangkok, which is expected to be completed sometime around the
year 2000. Thailand's airline, Thai Airways offers both domestic and
international flights.
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