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Nakhon Lampang Railway Station is located in Amphoe Muang,
Lampang, 642.29 kilometers away from Bangkok Railway Station.
Built in 1915 during the reign of King Rama VI, the first train
arrived on 1st April 1916, which was exactly Thai New Year
during that time.In those days, the director of Railway
Department of Thailand was German. Initially, when a North
Railway Line was set up, Nakhon Lampang Railway was the terminal
station. The railway was the furthest spot on Suren road, around
Ban Sob-Tui junction which links to the first 3 roads in
Northern region of Thailand. Subsequently, rice farm around the
suburb has been rapidly changed into city areas to support the
population growth, and the city development. A tunnel 'Khun Tan'
was dug up to pave the train route across the mountain to Nakhon
Chiang Mai in 1921. Therefore, Nakhon Lampang became a center of
goods transporting from Bangkok to the Northern region, and
carrying necessary products from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. As a
result, Ban Sob-Tui has become a prosperous business quarter.
Having endured through 98 years of long history, Nakhon Lampang
Railway Station has still preserved its beautiful architectural
heritage until nowadays. It building is extraordinary, unlike
other stations. To illustrate, it is a European-style building
with curve posts, and fretwork around door panels and
door-window frames, which blends the Northern Thailand style and
European style together. The station is a splendidly
rare-to-find Lanna-Colonial building. It was half wood-half
concrete. The ground floor is a solid concrete, whereas; the
upper floor was made of wood. Many Chinese-style houses lined up
in front of the station still bare its antique charm to the
passerby. As a beautiful European architecture, Nakhon Lampang
Railway Station is the only railway station in Thailand that has
stood tall for almost a century. Therefore, it becomes a
historical heritage that has persisted with Lampang province for
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18.27989, 99.47302 |
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