Chachoengsao Junction – Sattahip railway line

Chachoengsao Junction – Sattahip
Chachoengsao reception building
Route length:	136 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend Eastern Railway from Bangkok's Hua Lamphong 0.99 Chachoengsao Junction Eastern Railway to Aranyaprathet 62.87 Paetriu (until 1982) 64.12 Bang Pakong Railway Bridge Bang Pakong (1743 m) 69.07 Street 314 (980.5 m) 74.35 Street 315 (1083 m) 75.97 Don Si Non 91.53 Phan Thong 107.79 Chon Buri 114.46 Saen Suk 121.31 Bang Phra 125.35 Khao Phrabat 127.84 Vajiravudh Boy Scout Camp emergency stop 130.60 Si Racha Junction 139.85 Laem Chabang Sidings harbor 144.09 Bang Lamung 155.14 Pattaya 158.52 Phatthaya Tai 168.34 Ban Huai Khwang 171.10 Yannasangwararam 174.09 Suan Nong Nut 180.00 Khao Chi Chan Junction 192.25 Ban Chang 200.48 Map Ta Phut Sidings harbor 184.03 Ban Phlu Ta Luang 193.09 Jamboree 2003 only 195.50 Sattahip until 1992 196.00 Sattahip port until 1992

The Chachoengsao Junction – Sattahip railway (known as the "East Coast Railway ") connects important ports on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand to the network of the Thai State Railways . The route is kilometered from Bangkok Hua Lamphong .

requirements

When the ocean-going vessels - especially tankers and container ships - got bigger and bigger in the 1960s , the depth of the then overseas port of Bangkok , Khlong Toei , was no longer sufficient. It is located in the north of the bay, which is very shallow and is being washed in by sediment deposits from the inland rivers. Therefore, new ports were built on the east coast of the bay, further south: Laem Chabang , Sattahip and Map Ta Phut . These required a rail link.

construction

Pattaya Railway Station

In 1977 the Thai government therefore decided to build a railway line to Laem Chabang. A year later, she gave permission to run the route to Sattahip. Construction began on April 7, 1981, and a first section to Pattaya was opened on September 28, 1984. Sattahip was reached in 1989, the entire route opened on February 27, 1990. In the following period, the two ports of Laem Chabang and Map Ta Phut were connected with branch lines . Both connections were opened in 1995. The route to Map Ta Phut should possibly be extended to Rayong . Corresponding planning rights exist.

particularities

The first two kilometers of the route from Chachoengsao Junction to Paetriu are part of the original route of the Eastern Railway , which ended in Paetriu until 1925 . Its continuation should avoid the expensive bridge over the Mae Nam Bang Pakong . It was therefore continued at a 90-degree angle to the north. For topographical reasons, this was only possible a little west of the Paetriu train station .

At kilometer 127.84 consisting needs maintenance Vajiravudh Boy Scout Camp . Schoolchildren and scout groups are allowed to get on and off here if they have registered in advance.

The southernmost section of the line, Ban Phlu Ta Luang – Sattahip Comercial Port, was closed to traffic in 1992. In 2003, however, a separate stop was set up here for the 20th World Scout Jamboree 2002/2003 at kilometer 193.09, which was no longer used after the end of the event.

literature

• BR Whyte: The Railway Atlas of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia . White Lotus Co Ltd, Bangkok 2010, ISBN 978-974-480-157-9

Remarks

1. ↑ Longest railway bridge in Thailand.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Whyte: The Railway Atlas of Thailand , p. 80.
2. ^ ^{A b} Whyte: The Railway Atlas of Thailand , pp. 80f.
3. ^ Whyte: The Railway Atlas of Thailand , p. 82.
4. ^ Whyte: The Railway Atlas of Thailand , p. 34.
5. ^ ^{A b} Whyte: The Railway Atlas of Thailand , p. 81.