Wongwian Yai railway station is a railway station located in Bang Yi Ruea subdistrict, Thon Buri district, Bangkok. It is a class 1 railway station and is the Bangkok terminus of the Maeklong Railway Mahachai Line. Currently, 34 rail services operate at the station.[1][2] It is located closer to Wongwian Yai roundabout and is in a different location to Wongwian Yai BTS station. Wongwian Yai is the main station used for rail passenger traffic from Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram provinces.[3] It is the only railway station terminus with a single track in Thailand.
Wongwian Yai วงเวียนใหญ่ | |||||||||||
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| Location | Somdet Phrachao Taksin Road, Bang Yi Ruea subdistrict, Thon Buri district Bangkok Thailand | ||||||||||
| Operated by | State Railway of Thailand | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Mahachai Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  BMTA / Private Jointed Bus Taxis / Motorcycle taxi | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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| Station code | งญ. | ||||||||||
| Classification | Class 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 December 1904 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Tachin Railway Ltd. | ||||||||||
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Wongwian Yai is planned to be a station on the SRT Dark Red Line extension to Mahachai.
History
editThe station opened on 29 December 1904 during the reign of King Chulalongkorn, as part of the Pak Khlong San–Mahachai railway operated by the Tachin Railway Ltd.[4] On 24 November 1959, Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat suggested to the cabinet that the Pak Khlong San–Wongwian Yai section be closed in order to accommodate the increase in road traffic.[5] The station became the line's terminus following the closure of Pak Khlong San railway station, on 1 January 1961, with the Pak Khlong San–Wongwian Yai section converted into Charoen Rat Road.[6]
On 22 March 2019, a train collided with the buffer stop at Wongwian Yai station due to an air brake failure. Two people were injured.[7]
References
edit- ^ "กำหนดเวลาเดินรถสายวงเวียนใหญ่-มหาชัย" (PDF). State Railway of Thailand.
- ^ "ท่องเที่ยวทางรถไฟ". State Railway of Thailand.
- ^ "สถานีรถไฟวงเวียนใหญ่เงียบเหงา ผลกระทบจากโควิด-19". Ch7 News.
- ^ "เสวนา 116 ปี "รถไฟสายวงเวียนใหญ่ - มหาชัย"". Sakhon Online News. January 5, 2020.
- ^ "ย้อนรอย "สถานีปากคลองสาน" ต้นกำเนิดรถไฟ "วงเวียนใหญ่ – มหาชัย"". Sakhon Online News.
- ^ "สรุปเสวนา "เจริญกรุง เจริญนคร ... เจริญธนฯ"". Mueang Boran Journal.
- ^ ""รถดีเซลราง" พุ่งชนสถานีวงเวียนใหญ่ ตกราง 5โบกี้ ผู้โดยสายเจ็บ2". TNews.
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