Taling Chan Station
Taling Chan Station is also the terminus for the current Light Red Line from Bang Sue. In the past, the station building was a wooden structure with about five platforms. Since 2009, the station was rebuilt to concrete and other tracks were removed for the SRT Light Red Line new tracks.
1979 Taling Chan rail crash
On the morning of 21 August 1979, a packed Ratchaburi-Thon Buri train (No.165, now 352) approached the intersection around Taling Chan Junction and hit a freight train from Bang Sue Junction to Padang Besar. The train driver ignored a red signal. The freight train collided with the passenger train and both derailed. There were 51 deaths and 138 injuries. The majority of the passengers were students and merchants coming for trade near Thon Buri Station. The crash was one of the most severe rail disasters in Thailand.
Bus feeder
Although Taling Chan District is full of many songthaew (local bus) lines, there is no line that provides service directly to this station including both BMTA buses and private joint service buses. Until July 25, 2024, BMTA changed the service route of ordinary bus line 189 (4-59) to provide service until it terminates here and make this bus provide service between Taling Chan Station and Wat Bang Yang temple, Krathum Baen District, Samut Sakhon Province.
Gallery
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Interior of station building
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Old and new platforms
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Commuter train platforms
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Commuter train platforms
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Taling Chan Junction in 2006, prior to refurbishment
References
- ^ "เช็ก 107 เส้นทางใหม่ ตามแผนปฏิรูปรถเมล์ เริ่มบริการ 25 ก.ค.67". Thai PBS (in Thai). 2024-07-25. Retrieved 2024-07-29.