Nong Pladuk Junction – Malai Maen railway line

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Nong Pladuk Junction – Malai Maen
Route length: 77 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Southern runway from Bangkok-Tonburi
Station, station
 64.19 Nong Pladuk
   
 Southern Railway and Thailand-Burma Railway
Station, station
 71.60 Yang Prasat
Station, station
 80.50 Don Khun Wiset
Station, station
 85.30 Kamphaeng Saen
Station, station
 87.87 Thung Bua
Station, station
 93.00 Nong Fak
Station, station
 96.47 Rongrian Can Am
   
 99.60 Thale Bok gave up after 1971
Station, station
 104.97 Nong Wan Priang
   
 107.00 Saphang Khoen
Station, station
 113.30 Si Samran
Station, station
 118.97 Don Sa-nguan
Station, station
 122.31 Don Thong
Station, station
 125.50 Nong Phakchi
Station, station
 131.35 Ban Makham Lom
Station, station
 135.35 Sakae Yang Mu
Station, station
 141.60 Suphan Buri
End station - end of the line
 143.10 Malai Maen

The Nong Pladuk Junction – Malai Maen railway is the fragment of a plan that provided for a direct link between the southern and northern lines , bypassing Bangkok. It is operated by the Thai State Railways. Your mileage is done from Bangkok Thonburi .

history

Construction began in 1954 from the south, but was discontinued in 1957 when the stretch to Si Samran was largely completed. 1961/1962 construction continued and Malai Maen - immediately behind Suphan Buri - was reached. Here the construction got stuck again due to a lack of finances - and until today: finally - stuck.

With Suphan Buri, however, a city of a size was reached that allowed for meaningful operation. On the other hand, on the small stretch from Suphan Buri – Malai Maen (1.5 km), there was never any scheduled operation. According to other information, there is a shuttle service there that enables a connection to the one train that goes to Bangkok every day .

The extension of the line was never officially given up, but is not operated.

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Whyte: The Railway Atlas of Thailand , p. 79.