Ban Pin railway station

Ban Pin railway station is a railway station located in Ban Pin Sub-district, Long District, Phrae. It is 563.865 km from Bangkok railway station and is a class 2 railway station. It is on the Northern Line of the State Railway of Thailand. The station opened in June 1914, following the Northern Line extension from Huai Mae Ta to Ban Pin. The line continued to Pha Khan in 1915.

Ban Pin railway station
สถานีรถไฟบ้านปิน
A Bavarian timber frame-house of Ban Pin station
LocationBan Pin Subdistrict, Long District, Phrae
Owned byState Railway of Thailand
Line(s)Northern Line
Platforms2
Tracks4
Other information
Station codeบป.
History
Opened15 June 1914
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station
Huai Mae Ta Halt
toward Bangkok
Northern Line
toward Chiang Mai

The station's design and construction is that of a Bavarian timber frame-house, a product of the German engineers who worked on building the Northern Line.[1] Can be considered as the only railway station in Thailand that has a building like this.[2]

Train services

  • Special Express 7/8 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok
  • Special Express 13/14 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok
  • Express 51/52 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok
  • Rapid 102 Chiang Mai-Bangkok
  • Rapid 109 Bangkok-Chiang Mai
  • Local 407/408 Nakhon Sawan-Chiang Mai-Nakhon Sawan
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References

  1. Mekloy, Pongpet (14 June 2018). "Rediscovering Phrae". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. Muangthong, Manee (8 August 2019). "แอ่วแพร่ประตูสู่ล้านนา งดงามวิถีชีวิตวัฒนธรรม" [Visit Phrae the gateway to Lanna beautiful of lifestyle and culture]. Thairath (in Thai). Retrieved 8 August 2019.

Further reading

  • Ichirō, Kakizaki (2010). Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi. Kyōto: Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. ISBN 978-4-87698-848-8
  • Otohiro, Watanabe (2013). Tai kokutetsu yonsenkiro no tabi: shasō fūkei kanzen kiroku. Tōkyō: Bungeisha. ISBN 978-4-286-13041-5

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