Ban Pong railway station

Ban Pong บ้านโป่ง
Front of station
General information
Location	Hositsakul Road Ban Pong Subdistrict, Ban Pong District Thailand
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Southern Line
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	โป.
History
Opened	June 1903
Services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station Nong Pladuk Junction towards Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) or Krung Thep Aphiwat Southern Line Nakhon Chum towards Su-ngai Kolok

Ban Pong station (Thai: สถานีบ้านโป่ง) is a class 1 railway station in Ban Pong Town, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi, 68 km (42.3 mi) from Thon Buri railway station. The station acts as an interchange point for the Namtok Branch Line from Nong Pladuk Junction, accessible only from the Thanon Songpol station, also known as Ban Pong 2.

History

The old station

Ban Pong Railway Station opened in June 1903 along with the opening of the first phase of the Southern Line from Thon Buri station to Phetchaburi station. During the Second World War, the station was used by the Imperial Japanese Army as an unloading point for POWs from Changi Prison in Singapore to come for the construction of the Burma Railway. Some of these POWs were sent to Kanchanaburi Province for the construction of the railway and some to the nearby Nong Pladuk POW Camp.^[1]

See also

• Ban Pong, Ratchaburi

References

1. "บ้านโป่ง และสถานีรถไฟบ้านโป่ง (Ban Pong Railway Station)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

External links

• "บ้านโป่ง" [Pong]. TourInThai.com.

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