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 Description:   Makkasan railway station is a railway station in Makkasan Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok. It is a class 1 railway station 5.1 km 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, Bangkok Port, and the Bang Chak Oil Refinery branches off from here. A few container and oil trains use the line daily.
Makkasan Depot is not open to the public unless on some specials days. Part of the place was converted in a old train exibition with around 15 old locomotives on display.
Although Makkasan station (Airport Rail Link), shares the same name as Makkasan railway station, it is at a different location.
 
 Province   Bangkok  Direction:      
 District   Ratchathewi    
 City   Makkasan  Comments:    Official Web:    
 Genre   Museum and Galleries      Related links:   https://www.matthew-  
 Best exposure   AM/PM         https://www.facebook  
 Rating           https://www.bangkokp  
 Opening time   Not open to Public            
 Entry fee   Free     GPS :   13.75512, 100.54506    
                     
                     
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Makkasan Railways Depot  Locomotive Exibition Hall
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