Taling Chan railway station

Taling Chan Station is a railway station located in Taling Chan District, Bangkok. It is operated by the State Railway of Thailand and serves two routes: the Southern Main Line and the Bang Sue–Taling Chan SRT Light Red Line. It is located 22.136 kilometres from Bangkok railway station. Taling Chan Junction serves as a junction for the mainline from Bangkok and the short branchline to Thon Buri railway station, near Siriraj Hospital.

Taling Chan ตลิ่งชัน
General information
Location	Soi Chimphli 12, Chimphli Road, Chimphli Subdistrict, Taling Chan Bangkok Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Managed by	Ministry of Transport
Line(s)	Su-ngai Kolok Main Line Thon Buri Line
Platforms	3 (Mainline) 4 (Red Line)
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	RW06
History
Rebuilt	September 2009
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station SRT Red Lines Following station Bang Bamru towards Krung Thep Aphiwat Light Red Line Terminus Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station Bang Bamru towards Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) or Krung Thep Aphiwat Southern Line Ban Chimphli Halt towards Su-ngai Kolok Bang Ramat Halt towards Thon Buri Southern Line Thon Buri Line Terminus
Location

Taling Chan Station is also the terminus for the current Light Red Line from Bang Sue. In the past, the station building was a wooden structure with about 5 platforms. Since 2009, the station has been rebuilt to concrete and other tracks were removed for the SRT Light Red Line new tracks.

1979 Taling Chan rail accident

The accident occurred at dawn on 21 August 1979. A congested Ratchaburi-Thon Buri train (No.165, now 352) approached the intersection around Taling Chan Junction and was collided by a freight train from Bang Sue Junction to Padang Besar, due to having gone through a red signal. The freight train collided into the passenger train in the middle section and caused derailments for both trains. There were 51 deaths and 138 injured, the majority of the passengers being students and merchants coming for trade near Thon Buri Station. The accident was one of the most severe rail disasters in Thailand.

Gallery

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  Platforms
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  Taling Chan Junction in 2006, prior to refurbishment

References

• http://phanuphong002.wordpress.com/
• http://www.railway.co.th

13°47′21″N 100°26′21″E / 13.7893°N 100.4393°E / 13.7893; 100.4393