Bang Bamru Railway Station

Bang Bamru Station
สถานีรถไฟบางบำหรุ
Location Soi Sirinthorn 4, Bang Phlat Subdistrict, Bang Phlat District, Bangkok (Mainline Station)
Wat Chalo Subdistrict, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi City (Red Line Station)
Coordinates 13°47′30″N 100°28′39″E / 13.7918°N 100.4776°E / 13.7918; 100.4776Coordinates: 13°47′30″N 100°28′39″E / 13.7918°N 100.4776°E / 13.7918; 100.4776
Owned by State Railway of Thailand
Line(s) Southern Line
SRT Red Line Link
Platforms 3 (Mainline)
4 (Red Line)
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code บำ.
History
Rebuilt September 2009
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station
toward Hua Lamphong
Southern Line
Taling Chan
Terminus
SRT Light Red Line
Bang Son
toward Bang Sue

Bang Bamru Station is a railway station located at Bang Phlat Subdisitrict, Bang Phlat District, Bangkok. It is a class 2 station and serves two systems operated by the State Railway of Thailand: Southern Main Line and the Bang Son-Taling Chan Red Line Link. Although it is a class 2 station, all trains must stop at this station. It is located 17.94 kilometres (11.1 mi) from Bangkok Railway Station.

History

Bang Bamru Station originally opened as a single wooden building with concrete platforms (1968-dated pictures) with a junction for a rail line to Northern Phra Nakhon Power Station at Bang Kruai for Lignite Coal trains from the Mae Mo Mines, Lampang. It was rebuilt again to form a larger station with a concrete structure and again in September 2009 to the current modern, concrete building with platforms also for the SRT Red Line Project.

Train services

26 trains serve Bang Bamru Station (excluding services on the Red Line [Bang Son-Taling Chan]) The trains are the following:

References

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