Taling Chan railway station

Taling Chan

ตลิ่งชัน
Taling Chan; ตลิ่งชัน
Location	Soi Chimphli 12, Chimphli Road, Chimphli Subdistrict, Taling Chan; Bangkok; Thailand
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Southern Line; Light Red Line;
Platforms	3 (Mainline); 4 (Red Line)
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	RW06
History
Rebuilt	September 2009
Services
Location

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 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.

Train services[]

Ordinary 261/262 Bangkok–Hua Hin–Bangkok
Rapid 171/172 Bangkok–Sungai Kolok–Bangkok
Rapid 169/170 Bangkok–Yala–Bangkok
Commuter 355/356 Bangkok–Suphan Buri–Bangkok
Ordinary 251/252 Bang Sue Junction–Prachuap Khiri Khan–Bang Sue Junction
Ordinary 254/255 Lang Suan–Thon Buri–Lang Suan
Ordinary 257/258 Thon Buri–Nam Tok–Thon Buri
Ordinary 259/260 Thon Buri–Nam Tok–Thon Buri
Ordinary 351/352 Thon Buri–Ratchaburi–Thon Buri
Rapid 177/178 Thon Buri–Lang Suan–Thon Buri
Commuter 919/920 [1,2,3,4,5] Thon Buri–Salaya–Thon Buri
SRT Light Red Line 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.

Gallery[]

New Platforms
Taling Chan Junction in 2006, prior to refurbishment

References[]

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