Ban Dara Junction railway station
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Ban Dara Junction สถานีรถไฟชุมทางบ้านดารา | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Ban Dara Subdistrict, Phichai District, Uttaradit | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | State Railway of Thailand | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Northern Line | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Parking | yes | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Station code | ดร. | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
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Ban Dara Junction is a railway station located in Phichai District, Uttaradit. It is a Class 3 Station and serves as a junction for the Sawankhalok Branch. Ban Dara Junction is located 438.31 kilometres (272.35 mi) from Bangkok Railway Station. It is also the nearest station to Poramin Railway Bridge.
History
Ban Dara Junction was the first railway junction on the Northern Line, with the branch to Sawankhalok railway station. The name comes together with the subdistrict itself. King Chulalongkorn used the railway to visit this junction and found out that this village had no name. Therefore, he decided to name this place Dara. So forth, the station's name is Ban Dara until this day.
Train services
- Rapid 105/106 Bangkok-Sila At-Bangkok
- Local 403/404 Phitsanulok-Sila At-Phitsanulok
- Local 407/408 Nakhon Sawan-Chiang Mai-Nakhon Sawan
- Special Express 3/4 Bangkok-Sawankhalok/Sila At-Bangkok
- Rapid 111/112 Bangkok-Den Chai-Bangkok
- Rapid 109 Bangkok-Chiang Mai
- Rapid 102 Chiang Mai-Bangkok
References
- Rotfaithai.com http://www.rotfaithai.com.
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