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PALACES - MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Phra Khanong 1st Train
Station memorial |
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วัดสะพาน คลองเตย |
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Interest in rail transport in Siam can be traced to when King
Rama IV was given a gift of a model railway from Queen Victoria
in 1855. The first railway line, 20 km in length, named the
Paknam Railway between Bangkok–Samut Prakan began construction
in July 1891 under a 50-year concession with a Danish company.
Paknam Railway opened in 1894.[2] This railway line was
electrified in 1925, made it into the second electric railway
service of Southeast Asia after Dutch East Indies (now known as
Indonesia). This railway line was decommissioned on 1 January
1959.
A stone relief on the wall of Wat Saphan Khlong Toei
(Also called Paknam Station) shows the old Phra Khanong Railway
Station and a steam locomotive reproduction stands on the top of
the temple gate. This is a great way to help local people
remember the old Paknam Railway Line.
Route
0.0km Hua
Lamphong
2.3km Sala Daeng
5.2km Khlong Toei
7.1km Ban
Kluai
8.9km Phra Khanong
10.5km Bang Chak
12.0km Bang
Na
14.8km Samrong
17.0km Chorakhe
18.8km Bang Nang
Kreng
20.0km Mahawong
21.3km Paknam (Samut Prakan) |
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Khlong Toei |
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Phra Khanong 1st Train Station memorial |
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Phra Khanong Train Station fresco |
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Wat Saphan Khlong Toei gate |
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