Makkasan railway station is a railway station in Makkasan Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok. It is a class 1 railway station from Bangkok railway station. The station opened in January 1908 as part of the Eastern Line Bangkok– Chachoengsao Junction section. It is the location of the Makkasan Depot, which opened in 1897 when the railway started operations. Makkasan Depot was destroyed during the Second World War, and was rebuilt using loans from the World Bank. Despite not having official status as a junction, a freight-only branch line to Mae Nam station,

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, and the Bang Chak Oil Refinery branches off from here. A few container and oil trains use the line daily. Although Makkasan station (Airport Rail Link), shares the same name as Makkasan railway station, it is at a different location; the Airport Rail Link station is nearer to Asok Halt.

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* Ordinary train No. 275/276 Bangkok – Aranyaprathet – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 277/278 Bangkok – Kabin Buri – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 279/280 Bangkok – Aranyaprathet – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 281/282 Bangkok – Kabin Buri – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 283/284No. 283/284, 383/384, 376/378, 379/380 runs on weekdays only Bangkok – Ban Phlu Ta Luang – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 285/286No. 285/286 runs on weekends only Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 367/368 Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 371/372 Bangkok – Prachin Buri – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 376/378 Rangsit – Hua Takhe – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 379/380 Bangkok – Hua Takhe – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 381/382No. 381 runs every one day before the end of a national holiday only Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 383/384 Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 385/388No. 385/386 runs on national working days only Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 389/390 Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok * Ordinary train No. 391/394No. 394 runs every one day before the start of a national holiday only Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok

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