Nong Pladuk Junction railway station


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 from Thon Buri railway station. It is on the Southern Line, and is the junction of minor branch lines, the Nam Tok Line and Suphan Buri Line.

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 and Phetchaburi.

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 was confiscated by the British, who later sold it to the State Railway of Thailand.
In June 1963, a railway line from Nong Pladuk was opened to Suphan Buri by Sarit Thanarat.

Train services