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Taphan Hin Railway Station
Taphan Hin railway station is a railway station located in Taphan Hin Subdistrict, Taphan Hin District, Phichit Province, Phichit. It is located 319.006 km from Bangkok railway station and is a class 1 railway station. It is on the Northern Line (Thailand), Northern Line of the State Railway of Thailand. The station opened on 24 January 1908 as part of the Northern Line extension from Pak Nam Pho railway station, Pak Nam Pho to Phitsanulok railway station, Phitsanulok. All trains used to stop here as Taphan Hin was once the largest city in Phichit, but now Mueang Phichit District, Phichit City has surpassed it in terms of development. References * Ichirō, Kakizaki (2010). ''Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi''. Kyōto: Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. * Otohiro, Watanabe (2013). ''Tai kokutetsu yonsenkiro no tabi: shasō fūkei kanzen kiroku''. Tōkyō: Bungeisha. {{coord, 16.2201, N, 100.4240, E, source:wikidata, display=title Railway stations in Thailand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Railway Of Thailand
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) ( th, การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, abbrev. รฟท., ) is the state-owned rail operator under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport in Thailand. History The SRT was founded as the Royal State Railways of Siam (RSR) in 1890. King Chulalongkorn ordered the Department of Railways to be set up under the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning. Construction of the Bangkok-Ayutthaya railway (), the first part of the Northern Line, was started in 1890 and inaugurated on 26 March 1897. The Thonburi-Phetchaburi line (), later the Southern Line, was opened on 19 June 1903. The first railway commander of the RSR was Prince Purachatra Jayakara (Krom Phra Kamphaeng Phet Akkarayothin). The Northern Line was originally built as , but in September 1919 it was decided to standardize on and the Northern Line was regauged during the next ten years. On 1 July 1951, RSR changed its name to the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taphan Hin District
Taphan Hin (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the central part of Phichit province, central Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Thap Khlo, Bang Mun Nak, Pho Thale, Bueng Na Rang, Pho Prathap Chang, Mueang Pichit and Wang Sai Phun of Phichit Province. Taphan Hin is located on the eastern side of the Nan River, about 28 km (about 17 mi) south of Mueang Pichit. History The minor district (''king amphoe'') Taphan Hin was created in 1937 as a subordinate of Mueang Phichit District by putting together the sub-districts Huai Ket from Mueang District, Thap Khlo and Khlong Khun from Bang Mun Nak District, and Wang Samrong from Pho Thale District. It was upgraded to a full district in 1940. The name "''Taphan Hin''" means "bridge stone". Because the northern area of market is about 1 km (0.621 mi) away from the center of district, there is a bedrock pushes out into the river like a bridge. Administration The district is divided into 13 sub-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phichit Province
Phichit ( th, พิจิตร, , ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat'') lies in lower northern Thailand and 330 km due north of Bangkok. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, Nakhon Sawan, and Kamphaeng Phet. Geography The Nan and Yom Rivers flow through Phichit province, joining shortly before the Chao Phraya is formed. The province mainly consists of low fertile river plains, making rice and lotus the main crops. The total forest area is just or 0.4 percent of provincial area. History The town of Phichit was established in 1058 by Phraya Kotabongthevaraja (พระยาโคตระบอง), and was first part of the Sukhothai Kingdom, and later of Ayutthaya. An old temple in Pho Prathap Chang District is Wat Pho Prathap Chang (วัดโพธิ์ประทับช้าง). It was built by Phra Chao Suea, an Ayutthaya king, in 1701 at a site reputed to be his birthplace. The site is surroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Line (Thailand)
The Northern Line is a railway line in Thailand. The line heads north terminating at the northern port of Chiang Mai. The line is between Bangkok railway station and Chiang Mai railway station. It is the second longest railway line in Thailand. The line first opened in 1896. Major cities served by the line include Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Sawan, Phitsanulok, Lampang, and Chiang Mai. The line was severely affected by World War II. History Timeline100 ปี รถไฟไทย, การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, 2540 Name changes Closed Stations Main Line Sawankhalok Branch Line Services Services on the Northern Line are mainly intercity trains operated by State Railway of Thailand, connecting major cities. More than a dozen trains run on the line in each direction each day. Infrastructure The Northern Line is entirely single track, except at stations. Track gauge is meter gauge. As train frequency increases, it is becoming inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak Nam Pho Railway Station
Pak Nam Pho railway station is a railway station in the Pak Nam Pho Sub-district, Nakhon Sawan City, Nakhon Sawan. It is 250.559 km from Bangkok railway station and is a class 1 railway station. It is on the Northern Line of the State Railway of Thailand. The station opened on 31 October 1905 as part of the Northern Line extension from Lopburi to Pak Nam Pho. The line continued to Phitsanulok in 1908. Originally, this was the railway station for Nakhon Sawan City as passengers would alight here and cross the Chao Phraya River to reach the city, however its main purpose was removed as the new railway station The New Thessaloniki Railway Station ( el, Νέος Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Θεσσαλονίκης, ''Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos Thessalonikis'') is the main central passenger railway station and terminal of Thessalonik ... built at Nong Pling replaced its role. Today, the station acts as a rail yard, a railway maintenance centre, and a juncti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phitsanulok Railway Station
Phitsanulok railway station is a railway station in Phitsanulok and it is the main station for the province. It is owned by the State Railway of Thailand and is on the Northern Line. Phitsanulok railway station is from Bangkok railway station. Formerly, the Nakhon Phing Express did not stop at this station and proceeded straight to Sila At Station in Uttaradit. In 2012, the express began stopping at this station. This is the last station that uses lighted signal posts and marks the start of the section with the use of semaphore signals. Train services * Local Diesel Car 407/408 Nakhon Sawan-Chiang Mai-Nakhon Sawan * Local Diesel Car 403/404 Phitsanulok-Sila At-Phitsanulok * Local Diesel Car 401/402 Lop Buri-Phitsanulok-Lop Buri * Rapid 111/108 Bangkok-Den Chai-Bangkok * Special Express "Utthawithi" 9/10 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok * Ordinary 201/202 Bangkok-Phitsanulok-Bangkok * Special Express Diesel Car 3/4 Bangkok-Sawankhalok/Sila At-Bangkok * Rapid 109/102 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mueang Phichit District
Mueang Phichit (, ) is the capital district (''amphoe mueang'') of Phichit province, central Thailand. History In 1917 the district's name was changed from Mueang to Tha Luang (ท่าหลวง). In 1938 it was renamed Mueang Phichit. Administration The district is divided into 16 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 134 villages (''mubans''). The town (''thesaban mueang'') Phichit covers ''tambon'' Nai Mueang. There are three more sub-district municipalities (''thesaban tambons''). Tha Lo and Hua Dong each cover parts of their ''tambons'', and Wang Krot parts of ''tambon'' Ban Bung. There are a further 15 tambon administrative organization ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' ...s (TAO). Missing numbers are ''tambon'' which now form Sak Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
