Taling Chan railway station
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Taling Chan Station is a railway station located in Taling Chan District, Bangkok. It is operated by the State Railway of Thailand and serves two routes: the Southern Main Line and the Bang Sue–Taling Chan SRT Light Red Line. It is located 22.136 kilometres from Bangkok railway station. Taling Chan Junction serves as a junction for the mainline from Bangkok and the short branchline to Thon Buri railway station, near Siriraj Hospital.
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Location | Soi Chimphli 12, Chimphli Road, Chimphli Subdistrict, Taling Chan Bangkok Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | State Railway of Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managed by | Ministry of Transport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 3 (Mainline) 4 (Red Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | RW06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taling Chan Station is also the terminus for the current Light Red Line from Bang Sue. In the past, the station building was a wooden structure with about five platforms. Since 2009, the station was rebuilt to concrete and other tracks were removed for the SRT Light Red Line new tracks.