Tracks 5 Owner State Railway of Thailand Platforms in use 2 | Station code ปด. Opened June 1903 | |
Location Mu 6 (Ban Nong Pladuk), Nong Kop Sub-district, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi Owned by State Railway of Thailand Line(s) Southern Line
Southern Line (Nam Tok Line)
Southern Line (Suphan Buri Line) Address Nong Kop, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi 70110, Thailand Similar Bang Sue Junction Railway, Taling Chan Junction, Khao Chum Thong Ju, Ban Pong Railway Station, Ban Thung Pho Junction | ||
Nong Pladuk Junction Railway Station is a railway station in Nong Kop Sub-district, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi. It is a class 3 railway station and is 64 km (39.8 mi) from Thon Buri Railway Station. It is on the Southern Line, and is the junction of minor branch lines, the Nam Tok Line (Death Railway) and Suphan Buri Line.
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History
Nong Pladuk Junction Railway Station was opened in June 1903 as part of the first phase of the Southern Line construction between Thon Buri Station and Phetchaburi Station.
Burma Railway
During the Second World War, Nong Pladuk Junction became the start of the Death Railway, which ended Thanbyuzayat in Burma. Construction of the railway was coordinated by the Imperial Japanese Army, permitted to build due to an armistice signed with Thailand. Construction was started in November 1942. At the end of the war, the railway came under the British, and the State Railway of Thailand bought and developed the line.
In June 1963, a railway line from Nong Pladuk was opened to Suphan Buri by Sarit Thanarat.