Taling Chan railway station

Taling Chan

ตลิ่งชัน
Taling Chan; ตลิ่งชัน
General information
Location	Soi Chimphli 12, Chimphli Road, Chimphli Subdistrict, Taling Chan; Bangkok; Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Managed by	Ministry of Transport
Line(s)	Su-ngai Kolok Main Line; Thon Buri Line; MRT (future)
Platforms	3 (Mainline); 4 (Red Line)
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	RW06; OR01
History
Rebuilt	September 2009
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Services
Under construction
Location
Location

Taling Chan Station is a railway station located in Taling Chan District, Bangkok. It is operated by the State Railway of Thailand and serves two routes: the Southern Main Line and the Bang Sue–Taling Chan SRT Light Red Line. In the future, it will become an interchange station and western terminus for the MRT Orange Line following the opening of the western extension in 2030.^[1]^[2] It is located 22.136 kilometres from Bangkok railway station. Taling Chan Junction serves as a junction for the mainline from Bangkok and the short branchline to Thon Buri railway station, near Siriraj Hospital.

Taling Chan Station is also the terminus for the current Light Red Line from Bang Sue. In the past, the station building was a wooden structure with about five platforms. Since 2009, the station was rebuilt to concrete and other tracks were removed for the SRT Light Red Line new tracks.

1979 Taling Chan rail crash

On the morning of 21 August 1979, a packed Ratchaburi-Thon Buri train (No.165, now 352) approached the intersection around Taling Chan Junction and hit a freight train from Bang Sue Junction to Padang Besar. The train driver ignored a red signal. The freight train collided with the passenger train and both derailed. There were 51 deaths and 138 injuries. The majority of the passengers were students and merchants coming for trade near Thon Buri Station. The crash was one of the most severe rail disasters in Thailand.

Bus feeder

Although Taling Chan District is full of many songthaew (local bus) lines, there is no line that provides service directly to this station including both BMTA buses and private joint service buses. Until July 25, 2024, BMTA changed the service route of ordinary bus line 189 (4-59) to provide service until it terminates here and make this bus provide service between Taling Chan Station and Wat Bang Yang temple, Krathum Baen District, Samut Sakhon Province.^[3]