Ban Pong Railway Station

Ban Pong Railway Station
สถานีรถไฟบ้านโป่ง
Location Khositsakul Road, Ban Pong Subdistrict, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi
Owned by State Railway of Thailand
Line(s) Southern Line
Platforms 1
Tracks 4
Other information
Station code โป.
History
Opened June 1903
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station
toward Hua Lamphong
Southern Line

Ban Pong Railway Station is a class 1 railway station in Ban Pong Town, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi, 68 km (42.3 mi) from Thon Buri Railway Station. The station acts as an interchange point for the Namtok Branch Line from Nong Pladuk Junction, accessible only from the Thanon Srong Pon station, also known as Ban Pong 2.

History

Ban Pong Railway Station opened in June 1903 along with the opening of the first phase of the Southern Line from Thon Buri Station to Phetchaburi Station. During the Second World War, the station was used by the Imperial Japanese Army as an unloading point for POWs from Changi Prison in Singapore to come for the construction of the Burma Railway. Some of these POWs were sent to Kanchanaburi Province for the construction of the railway and some to the nearby Nong Pladuk POW Camp.[1]

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Coordinates: 13°48′39″N 99°52′32″E / 13.8109°N 99.8756°E / 13.8109; 99.8756

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