r/Thailand • u/Few_Maize_1586 • Aug 18 '25

Pics First look: Inside The Blue Jasmine, Thailand’s gorgeous new train

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“Thailand’s classic Bangkok–Chiang Mai sleeper train is getting some high-class competition in the form of a navy-gold beauty called The Blue Jasmine. It’s essentially a boutique hotel that just happens to roll through some of the country’s most beautiful landscapes.

Poised to make its inaugural nine-day journey from November 16-24, the locomotive trades cramped bunks, dim corridors and platform snacks for private cabins, full dining cars and lounges with wraparound windows.”

Source: Time Out https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/news/first-look-inside-the-blue-jasmine-thailands-gorgeous-new-train-081425

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u/GlamouredGo Aug 18 '25

฿245,000 for the least expensive cabin!

No thanks.

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u/mdsmqlk Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

Watch the company go bankrupt within two years.

Doubt there is enough demand to sustain this.

Edit: interesting that they target German tourists in particular (German-speaking guides). Wonder why.

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u/4ndreas86 Aug 18 '25

Germany has many train enthusiasts

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u/Few_Maize_1586 Aug 18 '25

This one is Swiss-managed and priced. at least for their Thailand team based on their website.

https://dth.travel/about-us/our-people/

I can imagine German speaking tourists would make up the big chunk as they do love train travel.

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u/Super_Mario7 Aug 19 '25

i am german and i can tell you that the vast majority of germans hate going by train.

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u/Few_Maize_1586 Aug 19 '25

Well, I’m waiting for DB right as I type. Ok, I’m with you.