Makkasan railway station

Makkasan

มักกะสัน
General information
LocationMakkasan Road, Makkasan Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District
Bangkok
Thailand
Operated byState Railway of Thailand
Managed byMinistry of Transport
Line(s)
  • Aranyaprathet Main Line
  • Mae Nam Branch
Platforms2
Tracks3 (station)
8 (depot)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeมส.
ClassificationClass 1
History
OpenedJanuary 1908; 116 years ago (1908-01)
Services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station
Phaya Thai Halt Eastern Line Asok Halt
Terminus Eastern Line
Mae Nam Freight Line
Mae Nam
Location
Map

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.

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