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Driving Time to Nearest Intercity Rail Station (Minutes)

เวลาขับรถถึงสถานีรถไฟระหว่างเมืองที่ใกล้ที่สุด (นาที)

AS OF 30 APR 2026min driveWeight 1

Source

State Railway of Thailand (SRT); HSR phases via NESDC

Thai national railway operator and its high-speed-rail consortium partners. Refresh: timetables and station openings change on the order of months; HSR phase milestones are multi-year. TLI re-pulls quarterly.

Goalposts

The 0-to-100 score for this indicator is normalized against fixed methodology goalposts. The values below define the band; click through to the methodology page for the framework that anchors them.

Score 100: 15min drive
Score 0: 240min drive
Direction: Lower is better
Anchor: Fitted to the Thai provincial distribution

Goalposts of 15 minutes and 240 minutes are fitted to the observed Thai distribution. Provinces with provincial-capital rail stations sit at 10 to 20 minutes; the most distant non-rail provinces in the East and South off the SRT mainline reach three-to-four-hour drives. Train-frequency weighting is conceptually preferred but requires SRT timetable scraping deferred to a future indicator version.

Live distribution: 28 of 77 provinces clip at the score-100 ceiling; 4 of 77 clip at the score-0 floor.

Which Thai province leads on Driving Time to Nearest Intercity Rail Station (Minutes)?

28 Thai provinces share the maximum TLI score of 100/100 on Driving Time to Nearest Intercity Rail Station (Minutes); the strongest by raw value are Samut Songkhram, Phetchaburi, and Nonthaburi (raw values from 1.1 to 0.4 min drive). The bottom of the distribution is Nakhon Phanom (353.9 min drive, score 0/100).

Coverage

77 of 77 Thai provinces. Median score: 91.1. Each province's score is normalized 0–100 against fixed goalposts; a higher score is more favorable.

Reading the columns.Raw valuethe actual measurement in min drive.Scorenormalized 0–100 against fixed methodology goalposts (not a percentile). Lower is better.Why ties?28 provinces share the score-100 ceiling because their raw values meet or exceed the upper goalpost. 4 share the score-0 floor at the lower goalpost. Provinces beyond the goalposts aren't separated further — that's the trade-off for fixed, year-over-year comparable scoring instead of percentiles.

Top scorers

Rank	Province	Raw value (min drive)	Score
1	Samut Songkhram	0.4	100
2	Phetchaburi	0.7	100
3	Nonthaburi	1.1	100
4	Phitsanulok	1.3	100
5	Chachoengsao	1.6	100

Lowest scorers

Rank	Province	Raw value (min drive)	Score
77	Nakhon Phanom	353.9	0
76	Chiang Rai	318.4	0
75	Mukdahan	269.6	0
74	Phuket	244.4	0
73	Mae Hong Son	223	7.5

Show all 77 provinces rankedSorted highest to lowest score

Rank	Province	Raw value (min drive)	Score
1	Samut Songkhram	0.4	100
2	Phetchaburi	0.7	100
3	Nonthaburi	1.1	100
4	Phitsanulok	1.3	100
5	Chachoengsao	1.6	100
6	Bangkok	1.8	100
7	Udon Thani	2	100
8	Uttaradit	2	100
9	Chumphon	2.3	100
10	Phichit	2.5	100
11	Phatthalung	2.7	100
12	Nakhon Sawan	3.1	100
13	Nakhon Pathom	3.2	100
14	Kanchanaburi	4.1	100
15	Trang	4.9	100
16	Lopburi	5	100
17	Lamphun	5.4	100
18	Sa Kaeo	7.4	100
19	Lampang	7.9	100
20	Samut Prakan	8.3	100
21	Prachin Buri	9.4	100
22	Ratchaburi	10.8	100
23	Samut Sakhon	11.3	100
24	Prachuap Khiri Khan	12.6	100
25	Suphan Buri	13	100
26	Nong Khai	13.7	100
27	Chon Buri	13.9	100
28	Pathum Thani	14.6	100
29	Narathiwat	16.2	99.5
30	Songkhla	18	98.7
31	Ubon Ratchathani	18.4	98.5
32	Nakhon Ratchasima	19.6	97.9
33	Saraburi	21.4	97.1
34	Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya	21.6	97.1
35	Surin	28.4	94
36	Nakhon Si Thammarat	29.2	93.7
37	Nakhon Nayok	33.3	91.9
38	Chiang Mai	33.7	91.7
39	Uthai Thani	35.1	91.1
40	Phrae	36.9	90.3
41	Sing Buri	37.8	89.9
42	Pattani	41.6	88.2
43	Buri Ram	42.5	87.8
44	Rayong	43	87.5
45	Chai Nat	45	86.7
46	Sukhothai	45.4	86.5
47	Si Sa Ket	46.3	86.1
48	Khon Kaen	46.4	86
49	Ang Thong	46.6	85.9
50	Satun	51.5	83.8
51	Trat	63.2	78.6
52	Nong Bua Lam Phu	76.7	72.6
53	Yala	78.8	71.6
54	Surat Thani	84.1	69.3
55	Ranong	85.5	68.7
56	Chaiyaphum	98.1	63.1
57	Maha Sarakham	100.1	62.2
58	Chanthaburi	122.9	52
59	Phangnga	126.9	50.3
60	Yasothon	131.8	48.1
61	Krabi	134.6	46.8
62	Phetchabun	137.9	45.4
63	Amnat Charoen	140.2	44.3
64	Kamphaeng Phet	148	40.9
65	Sakon Nakhon	167.9	32
66	Roi Et	173	29.8
67	Kalasin	178.7	27.2
68	Bueng Kan	201.2	17.2
69	Loei	202.1	16.8
70	Nan	202.5	16.7
71	Tak	214.9	11.1
72	Phayao	215.6	10.8
73	Mae Hong Son	223	7.5
74	Phuket	244.4	0
75	Mukdahan	269.6	0
76	Chiang Rai	318.4	0
77	Nakhon Phanom	353.9	0

Methodology

See the methodology page for the full TLI scoring approach, including how this indicator's category Connectivity & Transport combines with the other six categories via geometric mean.

Cite as: "Driving Time to Nearest Intercity Rail Station (Minutes)." Thailand Livability Index, 2026. CC BY-NC 4.0.

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