Khun Tan railway station
{{short description|Thai railway station in Lamphun Province}}
{{no footnotes|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Khun Tan
| native_name = ขุนตาน
| style = SRT
| image = สถานีขุนตาล - panoramio.jpg
| address = Tha Pladuk Subdistrict, Mae Tha District, Lamphun
| country = Thailand
| line = Northern Line
| platform = 3
| tracks = 3
| code = ขน.
| operator = State Railway of Thailand
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SRT|line=Northern|left=Mae Tan Noi|right=Tha Chomphu}}
}}
Khun Tan railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line located in Lamphun Province, Thailand. It is operated by the State Railway of Thailand, and is {{convert|683.14|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} from Bangkok railway station. Khun Tan Railway Station is in the Tha Pladuk Subdistrict, Mae Tha District.
Khun Tan is the highest railway station in Thailand, at {{convert|578|m|ftin}} above sea level. Around the railway station is the entrance Doi Khuntan National Park, which has bungalows run by the State Railway of Thailand, for visitors' use as well.
Khun Tan Tunnel
File:Khun Tan Tunnel.jpg{{Main|Khun Tan Tunnel}}
Two hundred metres south of Khun Tan Railway Station is the Khun Tan Tunnel. It is the longest railway tunnel in Thailand, at {{convert|1352.1|m|ftin}} in length. Construction took 11 years at a cost of 1.3 million baht. It was finished in 1918.
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- {{cite web| url=http://portal.rotfaithai.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=321| title=สาระความรู้วิชาการรถไฟและประวัติศาสตร์รถไฟไทย| trans-title=Academic knowledge, train and railway history Thailand| website=Rotfaithai.com forums}}
- {{cite web| url=http://www.railway.co.th/intranet/srt/civil/wwwroot/Khuntan.html| title=บังกะโลขุนตาน| trans-title=Khun Tan Station| website=State Railway of Thailand}}
- {{cite web| url=http://www.tapladuk.go.th/phocadownload/data/kuntan.pdf| title=ประวัติอุโมงค์ขุนตาน และ; การก่อสร้างอุโมงค์ขุนตาน| trans-title=Khun Tan Tunnel history; Khun Tan Tunnel Construction| author=State Railway of Thailand| access-date=2014-08-01| archive-date=2014-08-08| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052405/http://www.tapladuk.go.th/phocadownload/data/kuntan.pdf| url-status=dead}}
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