Makkasan railway station

Makkasan

มักกะสัน
Makkasan; มักกะสัน
General information
Location	Makkasan Road, Makkasan Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District; Bangkok; Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Managed by	Ministry of Transport
Line(s)	Aranyaprathet Main Line; Mae Nam Branch;
Platforms	2
Tracks	3 (station); 8 (depot)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	มส.
Classification	Class 1
History
Opened	January 1908
Services
Location

Makkasan railway station is a railway station in Makkasan Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok. It is a class 1 railway station 5.171 km (3.2 mi) from Bangkok railway station. The station opened in January 1908 as part of the Eastern Line Bangkok–Chachoengsao Junction section. It is the location of the Makkasan Depot, which opened in 1897 when the railway started operations.^[1] Makkasan Depot was destroyed during the Second World War, and was rebuilt using loans from the World Bank.

Despite not having official status as a junction, a freight-only branch line to Mae Nam station, Bangkok Port, and the Bang Chak Oil Refinery branches off from here. A few container and oil trains use the line daily.

Aerial view of Makkasan railway station (bottom-right structure with red roof next to the Airport Rail Link) and Makkasan depot

Although Makkasan station (Airport Rail Link), shares the same name as Makkasan railway station, it is at a different location; the Airport Rail Link station is east of this station, and is instead located on top of Asok Halt. Furthermore, the Airport Rail Link does not stop at this station, although it does pass through its own elevated viaduct running parallel to the SRT Eastern Line. The closest stations to the Airport Rail Link are at Phaya Thai and Asok Halt.

Train services

Ordinary train No. 275/276 Bangkok – Aranyaprathet – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 277/278 Bangkok – Kabin Buri – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 279/280 Bangkok – Aranyaprathet – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 281/282 Bangkok – Kabin Buri – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 283/284^{[note 1]} Bangkok – Ban Phlu Ta Luang – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 285/286^{[note 2]} Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 367/368 Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 371/372 Bangkok – Prachin Buri – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 376/378^{[note 1]} Rangsit – Hua Takhe – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 379/380^{[note 1]} Bangkok – Hua Takhe – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 381/382^{[note 3]} Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 383/384^{[note 1]} Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 385/388^{[note 4]} Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 389/390 Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok
Ordinary train No. 391/394^{[note 5]} Bangkok – Chachoengsao Junction – Bangkok

Notes

1 2 3 4 No. 283/284, 383/384, 376/378, 379/380 runs on weekdays only
↑ No. 285/286 runs on weekends only
↑ No. 381 runs every one day before the end of a national holiday only
↑ No. 385/386 runs on national working days only
↑ No. 394 runs every one day before the start of a national holiday only

References

↑ Charoensuthipan, Penchan (27 July 2019). "Back to the railway future?". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

Train services

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