Pak Tho railway station explained

Address:	Setthabut Road, Mu 5, Pak Tho Subdistrict, Pak Tho District, Ratchaburi
Code:	ปท.
Line:	Southern Line
Pak Tho
Native Name:	ปากท่อ
Owned:	State Railway of Thailand
Platform:	1
Tracks:	3

Pak Tho station is a railway station located in Pak Tho Subdistrict, Pak Tho District, Ratchaburi. It is a class 2 railway station located 118.6281NaN1 from Thon Buri railway station.

History

At about 18:30 on 24 February 2020, a freight train and a passenger train collided head on at the station. At least 30 people were injured.^{[1] [2]}

Services

• Rapid 169/170 Bangkok-Yala-Bangkok
• Ordinary 251/252 Bang Sue Junction-Prachuap Khiri Khan-Bang Sue Junction
• Ordinary 254/255 Lang Suan-Thon Buri-Lang Suan
• Ordinary 261/262 Bangkok-Hua Hin-Bangkok

Future

Pak Tho station (Thai: สถานีปากท่อ; Station code: RS42) is a planned railway station on the SRT Dark Red Line. In the future, the Maeklong Railway is planned to extend and meet the Southern Line mainline at this station, with 3 new stations between Maeklong and Pak Tho.

References

• Book: Ichirō, Kakizaki. 2010. Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi. Kyōto. Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. 978-4-87698-848-8.
• Book: Otohiro, Watanabe. 2013. Tai kokutetsu yonsenkiro no tabi: shasō fūkei kanzen kiroku. Tōkyō. Bungeisha. 978-4-286-13041-5.
• Web site: โครงการงานศึกษาและออกแบบโครงการระบบรถไฟฟ้าชานเมือง ร่วมกับรถไฟฟ้าทางไกลเชื่อมต่อระบบขนส่งมวลชน ในเขตกรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล (รังสิต-สถานีบ้านภาชี มักกะสัน-ฉะเชิงเทรา ตลิ่งชัน-นครปฐม และมหาชัย-ปากท่อ). Project studies and project design suburban train system. Together with long-distance trains connecting transit systems. In the BMA (Rangsit - Ban Phachi Makassar - Chachoengsao Chan - Nakhon Pathom And Mahachai - Pak Tho).

13.3747°N 99.8436°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: At Least 30 People Injured in Head-On Train Collision in Thailand.
2. News: Head-on train collision injures at least 30 in Ratchaburi. Bangkok Post.