Chiang Mai railway station

Chiang Mai

เชียงใหม่
Chiang Mai; เชียงใหม่
Location	Charoenmueang Road, Wat Ket Subdistrict, Chiang Mai; Chiang Mai Province; Thailand
Coordinates	18°47′01″N 99°01′01″E / 18.78365°N 99.01688°ECoordinates: 18°47′01″N 99°01′01″E / 18.78365°N 99.01688°E
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Chiang Mai Main Line
Distance	751.42 km (466.9 mi) from Bangkok
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	ชม., CGM
Classification	Class 1
History
Opened	1 January 1922
Rebuilt	1945
Services
Location

Chiang Mai railway station (SRT Code: CGM) (Thai: สถานีรถไฟเชียงใหม่ (ชม.)) is a 1st class station and the main railway station in Chiang Mai Province. This station is on the east side of the Ping River in the city of Chiang Mai. There are 10 daily trains, not including Eastern and Oriental Express trains servicing this station. There are also four to six special trains for New Year, Songkran and other special festivals. In the 2004 census, Chiang Mai Station served nearly 800,000 passengers.

Brief history[]

Chiang Mai station opened for service for standard gauge rolling stock on January 1, 1922. The first train was the Lampang–Chiang Mai mixed train. An additional train was the Lamphun–Chiang Mai mixed train (Which later became the second Lampang–Chiang Mai mixed train), introduced on January 15, 1922.

Northern Express had been introduced to Chiang Mai on November 1, 1922. Northern Express using Baldwin Pacific locomotives (meter gauge) and Swiss Consolidation locomotives (meter gauge) was introduced on December 21, 1926. Later, Hanomag Pacific locomotive replaced Baldwin Pacific in 1928–1929.

Frich diesel electric locomotives replaced steam locomotives for the Northern express on March 5, 1933, after a test run on November 16, 1931. The excursion train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai was also introduced on April 11, 1933.

The first Chiang Mai station building was destroyed by bombs from Allied forces on December 21, 1943. It was rebuilt in 1945 and reopened in 1948 and Northern Express service was resumed on August 4, 1946.

Train services[]

The following trains serve this station:

Special Express 7/8 Bangkok–Chiang Mai–Bangkok
Special Express "Uttrawithi" 9/10 Bangkok–Chiang Mai–Bangkok
Special Express 13/14 Bangkok–Chiang Mai–Bangkok
Express 51/52 Bangkok–Chiang Mai–Bangkok
Rapid 109/102 Bangkok–Chiang Mai–Bangkok
Local 407/408 Nakhon Sawan–Chiang Mai–Nakhon Sawan

References[]

"Train services". State Railway of Thailand. 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
"All sorts of information". State Railway of Thailand. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019, at the Wayback MachineCS1 maint: postscript (link)

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