Ban Pin railway station explained

Address:Ban Pin Subdistrict, Long District, Phrae
Code:บป.
Ban Pin
บ้านปิน
Platform:2
Tracks:4
Owned:State Railway of Thailand
Line:Northern Line
Opened:15 June 1914

Ban Pin railway station is a railway station in Ban Pin Sub-district, Long District, Phrae Province, Thailand. It is a class 2 railway station 563.865 km from Bangkok railway station. It is on the Northern Line of the State Railway of Thailand. The station opened in June 1914, following the Northern Line extension from Huai Mae Ta to Ban Pin. The line continued to Pha Khan in 1915.

The station's design and construction is that of a Bavarian timber frame building, a product of the German engineers who worked on building the Northern Line.[1] It is the only railway station in Thailand in the Bavarian style.[2] [3]

Further reading

18.0961°N 99.8669°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Mekloy . Pongpet . Rediscovering Phrae . 14 June 2018 . Bangkok Post . 14 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Baan Pin Train Station . Tourism Thailand . Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) . 26 November 2020.
  3. Web site: แอ่วแพร่ประตูสู่ล้านนา งดงามวิถีชีวิตวัฒนธรรม. Thairath. 8 August 2019. 8 August 2019. Visit Phrae the gateway to Lanna beautiful of lifestyle and culture. Manee. Muangthong.