Wongwian Yai railway station
Wongwian Yai วงเวียนใหญ่ | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 29 December 1904 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Tachin Railway Ltd. | ||||||||||
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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 is planned to be a station on the SRT Dark Red Line extension to Mahachai.
History
[edit]The 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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