Nong Pladuk Junction railway station

Platforms2Tracks5Other informationStation codeปด.ClassificationClass 3HistoryOpened19 June 1903 (1903-06-19)

Services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station Khlong Bang Tan towards Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) or Krung Thep Aphiwat Southern Line Ban Pong towards Su-ngai Kolok through to Bangkok via the Southern Line Southern Line Burma Railway Thanon Songpol Halt towards Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi Halt Southern Line Suphan Buri Line Thung Bua Halt towards Suphan Buri or Ma Lai Maen Halt

Former services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station Terminus Suphan Buri Branch Yang Prasat Halt towards Suphan Buri

Location

Nong Pladuk Junction railway station is a railway station in Nong Kop Sub-district, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi. It is a class 3 railway station and is 64 km (39.8 mi) from Thon Buri railway station. It is on the Southern Line, and is the junction of two minor branch lines, the Nam Tok Line (Death Railway) and Suphan Buri Line.

History

Nong Pladuk Junction railway station was opened in June 19, 1903 as part of the first phase of the Southern Line construction between Thon Buri and Phetchaburi.

Burma Railway

During the Second World War, Nong Pladuk Junction became the start of the Death Railway, which ended in Thanbyuzayat in Burma. Construction of the railway was coordinated by the Imperial Japanese Army, who was permitted to build due to an armistice signed with Thailand. Camp Nong Pladuk was constructed near the junction station to serve as a transit camp carrying prisoners of war, especially from occupied British Malaya and Singapore.^[1] On 16 September 1942, construction started at both ends of the planned railway line.^[2] At the end of the war, the railway was confiscated by the British, who later sold it to the State Railway of Thailand.

In June 1963, a railway line from Nong Pladuk was opened to Suphan Buri by Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, then prime minister.

References

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• "'ร้านป้าน้อย' ปลื้มปีติ! ปรุงอาหารถวายสมเด็จพระเทพฯ" ['Pa Noi's shop' has ecstatic cooking for Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn]. Thai Rath (in Thai). 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-27.

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