Nong Pladuk Junction railway station

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| name = Nong Pladuk Junction

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| native_name = ชุมทางหนองปลาดุก

| native_name_lang = thai

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| image = Nong Pladuk Junction railway station 20240113 10.jpg

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| caption = Rebuilt station structure

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| address = Mu 6 (Ban Nong Pladuk), Nong Kop Sub-district, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi

| borough = Ratchaburi Province

| country = Thailand

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| operator = State Railway of Thailand

| manager = Ministry of Transport

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| line = {{ubl|Su-ngai Kolok Main Line|Nam Tok Line (Death Railway)|Suphan Buri Line}}

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| platforms = 2

| tracks = 5

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| code = ปด.

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| classification = Class 3

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| opened = {{Start date|1903|6|19|df=y}}

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|line2=Southern|through-left2=Bangkok via the Southern Line|right2=Thanon Songpol|type2=Burma Railway

|line3=Southern|through-left3=Bangkok via the Southern Line|right3=Thung Bua|type3=Suphan Buri

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File:สถานีรถไฟชุมทางหนองปลาดุก.jpg

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 {{convert|64|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} from Thon Buri railway station. It is on the Southern Line, and is the junction of two minor branch lines, the Nam Tok Line (Death Railway) and Suphan Buri Line.

History

Nong Pladuk Junction railway station was opened in June 19, 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 in Thanbyuzayat in Burma. Construction of the railway was coordinated by the Imperial Japanese Army, who was permitted to build due to an armistice signed with Thailand. Camp Nong Pladuk was constructed near the junction station to serve as a transit camp carrying prisoners of war, especially from occupied British Malaya and Singapore.{{cite web|url=https://www.japansekrijgsgevangenkampen.nl/Non%20Pladuk.htm |title=Non Pladuk|website=Japanse Krijsgevangenkampen|access-date=27 January 2022|language=nl}} On 16 September 1942, construction started at both ends of the planned railway line.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/the-thailand-burma-railway/169/ |title=The Thailand-Burma Railway |website=PBS |access-date=27 January 2022}} 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 Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, then prime minister.

References

{{cite book| author=岡本和之| title=タイ鉄道旅行| location=めこん| year=1993| isbn=4-8396-0080-5|language=ja}}{{page needed|date=October 2015}}
{{cite book| author=杉本聖一| title=魅惑のタイ鉄道| publisher=玉川新聞社| year=2000| isbn=4-924882-29-1|language=ja}}{{page needed|date=October 2015}}
{{cite book| author=柿崎一郎| title=王国の鉄路タイ鉄道の歴史| publisher=京都大学学術出版会| year=2010| isbn=978-4-87698-848-8|language=ja}}{{page needed|date=October 2015}}
{{cite book| author=渡邉乙弘| title=タイ国鉄4000キロの旅| publisher=文芸社| year=2013| isbn=978-4-286-13041-5|language=ja}}{{page needed|date=October 2015}}
{{cite web| url=http://www.oknation.net/blog/dao-aksorn/2007/12/13/entry-1| title=หนองปลาดุก - จุดเริ่มต้นของทางรถไฟสายมรณะ| trans-title=Marsh catfish - the beginning of the Death Railway| website=OKNation| date=December 13, 2007|language=th}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/content/533013|title='ร้านป้าน้อย' ปลื้มปีติ! ปรุงอาหารถวายสมเด็จพระเทพฯ|trans-title='Pa Noi's shop' has ecstatic cooking for Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn|language=th|work=Thai Rath|date=2015-10-17|access-date=2018-10-27}}

Category:Buildings and structures in Ratchaburi province

Category:Railway stations in Thailand opened in 1903