Kanchanaburi railway station is a main railway station of province of

Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi ( th, กาญจนบุรี, ) is a town municipality (''thesaban mueang'') in the west of Thailand and part of Kanchanaburi Province. In 2006 it had a population of 31,327. That number was reduced to 25,651 in 2017. The town ...

located in Ban Tai Subdistrict, Kanchanaburi City,

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. It is a class 1 railway station located from

Thon Buri railway station Thon Buri railway station ( th, สถานีรถไฟธนบุรี) formerly known as Bangkok Noi railway station (สถานีรถไฟบางกอกน้อย), is a railway station in Siriraj Sub-district, Bangkok Noi D ...

, and away from the

Nam Tok railway station Nam Tok railway station is a railway station located in Tha Sao Subdistrict, Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi. The station is a class 2 railway station, located from Thon Buri railway station. Nam Tok is the current terminus for daily trains fro ...

, the terminal station. The line opened in 1942 by the

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, during the

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. After the war, the State Railway of Thailand bought the line from the Allied powers, and the station reopened in June 24, 1949, from Nong Pladuk Junction.

Train services

* Ordinary 257/258 Thon Buri–Nam Tok–Thon Buri * Ordinary 259/260 Thon Buri–Nam Tok–Thon Buri * Local 485/486 Nong Pladuk–Nam Tok–Nong Pladuk A special excursion train 909/910 Bangkok–Nam Tok–Bangkok that originates from Bangkok railway station (Hua Lamphong) every Saturday–Sunday and public holidays through this station as well.

References

* * Railway stations in Thailand Railway stations opened in 1942 1942 establishments in Thailand Kanchanaburi {{Thailand-railstation-stub