Transport Statistics
Transport statistics presented in this chapter have been derived from the State Railway of
Thailand, the Department of Land Transport, the Airports Authority of Thailand, the Department of
Aviation and the Department of Highways.
The State Railway of Thailand was first set up as a government department, however it
afterwards became an autonomous organization as a result of the State Railway Act B.E.
2494 (1951)
,
taking over the business as well as the assets and liabilities of the State Railways Department. The first
inauguration line commenced in
1892
and the line was then extended to Nakhon Ratchasima in
1900
,
with a distance of
264
kilometres. For all the earlier lines, the railway tracts used the
4
feet
8.5
inches
gauge system. From the year
1900
onwards, the construction of the Southern main line had brought
into the one metre gauge system, the intention of this was to link Thailand with Malaysia and the Union
of Myanmar. The conversion to metre gauge system was decided upon in
1919
, and completed in April
1930
.
The Department of Land Transport, Ministry of Transport is the agency that take responsibility
on initial registration of vehicle license, renewal, transport out, transport in, changing right and others.
By Land Transport Act B.E.
2522 (1979),
motor vehicle that used for transportation and communications
in Bangkok and other changwats are classified as follows: fixed route bus, bus for hire, private bus,
non-fixed route truck, private truck and small rural bus.
Previously the registration of those types vehicle mentioned was the Registration Division, the
Royal Thai Police Department, Ministry of Interior
’
s responsibility (the Royal Thai Police Headquarters
at present). In
1979
, under Motor Car Act B.E.
2522 (1979)
the given responsibility is for the following
types; sedan (not more than
7
passengers), van and pick up, motortricycle, interprovincial taxi,
motortricycle taxi (tuk tuk), motorcycle, tractor, road roller farm vehicle, trailer and others.
Till
1988
, car license and driver’s license permitting were transferred from the Royal Thai
Police Department to the Department of Land Transport, Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
Air transport
Its statistics has been derived from the Department of Aviation and the
Airports Authority of Thailand. Air transport statistics were obtained the data on the number of flight,
