Makkasan railway station

Makkasan railway station is a railway station in Makkasan Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok. It is a class 1 railway station 5.171 km (3.2 mi) from Bangkok railway station. The station opened in January 1908 as part of the Eastern Line Bangkok-Chachoengsao Junction section. It is the location of the Makkasan Depot, which opened in 1897 when the railway started operations.[1] Makkasan Depot was destroyed during the Second World War, and was rebuilt using loans from the World Bank.

Makkasan railway station สถานีรถไฟมักกะสัน
Location	Makkasan Road, Makkasan Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Eastern Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3 (station) 8 (depot)
Other information
Station code	มส.
History
Opened	January 1908
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station Ratchaprarop Halt toward Bangkok Eastern Line Asok Halt toward Poipet Ratchaprarop Halt toward Bangkok Eastern Line Asok Halt toward Ban Phlu Ta Luang Terminus Eastern Line Mae Nam Branch (freight only) Mae Nam toward Tha Rua Mai (Bangkok Port)

Despite not having official status as a junction, a freight-only branch line to Mae Nam Station, Bangkok Port, and the Bang Chak Oil Refinery branches off from here. A few container and oil trains use the line daily.

Although Makkasan Station (Airport Rail Link), shares the same name as Makkasan railway station, it is at a different location; the Airport Rail Link station is nearer to Asok Halt.

Train services

• Ordinary train No. 275/276 Bangkok – Aranyaprathet – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 277/278 Bangkok – Kabin Buri – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 279/280 Bangkok – Aranyaprathet – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 281/282 Bangkok – Kabin Buri – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 283/284[note 1] Bangkok – Ban Phlu Ta Luang – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 285/286[note 2] Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 367/368 Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 371/372 Bangkok – Prachin Buri – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 376/378[note 1] Rangsit – Hua Takhe – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 379/380[note 1] Bangkok – Hua Takhe – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 381/382[note 3] Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 383/384[note 1] Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 385/388[note 4] Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 389/390 Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
• Ordinary train No. 391/394[note 5] Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok

Notes

1. No. 283/284, 383/384, 376/378, 379/380 runs on weekdays only
2. No. 285/286 runs on weekends only
3. No. 381 runs every one day before the end of a national holiday only
4. No. 385/386 runs on national working days only
5. No. 394 runs every one day before the start of a national holiday only

References

1. Charoensuthipan, Penchan (27 July 2019). "Back to the railway future?". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

Further reading

• 柿崎一郎 (2010). 王国の鉄路 タイ鉄道の歴史. 京都大学学術出版会. ISBN 978-4-87698-848-8.
• 渡邉乙弘 (2013). タイ国鉄4000キロの旅. 文芸社. ISBN 978-4-286-13041-5.