Taling Chan Junction

Taling Chan Junction
สถานีรถไฟชุมทางตลิ่งชัน
Location Soi Chimphli 12, Chimphli Road, Chimphli Subdistrict, Taling Chan District, Bangkok
Owned by State Railway of Thailand
Line(s) Southern Line
SRT Red Line Link
Platforms 3 (Mainline)
4 (Red Line)
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code ตช.
History
Rebuilt 2009
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station
toward Hua Lamphong
Southern Line
Bang Ramat Halt   Southern Line Thon Buri Line   Terminus
TerminusSRT Light Red Line
Bang Bamru
toward Bang Sue

Taling Chan Junction Railway 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 Son-Taling Chan Red Line Link. 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 Station, near Siriraj Hospital.

Taling Chan Junction is also the terminus for the current SRT Light Red Line project from Bang Son. 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 Light Red Line new tracks.

Train services

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.

References

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

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