Sila At railway station is a railway station in

Uttaradit The original name of Mueang district, Uttaradit, was Bang Pho. This district was under the control of Phi Chai District. Later, it was established as Uttaradit Province and Bang Pho District became the capital district. It was changed to Mueang ...

. It is a Class 1 station. It is from Bangkok railway station.

History

Due to Uttaradit Station being overcrowded, a new station had to be built. Therefore, in 1958, Sila At Station was built about two kilometres north of the original station, in the

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style. Originally, the station's name was "New Uttaradit", but was later changed and became the Northern Line's major railway container yard. A

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Steam Locomotive, No. 274, is on display on station premises.

Sub-divisions

# Sector 3 Train Traffic Department # State Railway of Thailand Northern Line Maintenance Department # Sila At Railway Police Station # Sila At Branch of State Railway of Thailand Medical Department # Sector 3 Mechanical and Engineering Department

Train services

* Special Express 3/4 Bangkok-Sawankhalok/Sila At-Bangkok * Special Express 9/10 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok * Special Express 7/8 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok * Special Express 13/14 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok * Express 51/52 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok * Rapid 105/106 Bangkok-Sila At-Bangkok * Rapid 107/112 Bangkok-Den Chai-Bangkok * Rapid 109/102 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok * Rapid 111/108 Bangkok-Den Chai-Bangkok * Local 407/408 Nakhon Sawan-Chiang Mai-Nakhon Sawan * Local 403/410 Phitsanulok-Sila At-Phitsanulok

References

* * * * * Railway stations in Thailand {{Thailand-railstation-stub