Nakhon Lampang Railway Station
Nakhon Lampang Railway Station Nakhon Lampang Railway Station is located in Amphoe Muang, Lampang, 642.29 kilometers away from Bangkok Railway Station. Built in 1915 during the reign of King Rama VI, the first train arrived on 1st April 1916, which was exactly Thai New Year during that time.In those days, the director of Railway Department of Thailand was German. Initially, when a North Railway Line was set up, Nakhon Lampang Railway was the terminal station. The railway was the furthest spot on Suren road, around Ban Sob-Tui junction which links to the first 3 roads in Northern region of Thailand. Subsequently, rice farm around the suburb has been rapidly changed into city areas to support the population growth, and the city development. A tunnel ‘Khun Tan’ was dug up to pave the train route across the mountain to Nakhon Chiang Mai in 1921. Therefore, Nakhon Lampang became a center of goods transporting from Bangkok to the Northern region, and carrying necessary products from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. As a result, Ban Sob-Tui has become a prosperous business quarter. Having endured through 98 years of long history, Nakhon Lampang Railway Station has still preserved its beautiful architectural heritage until nowadays. It building is extraordinary, unlike other stations. To illustrate, it is a European-style building with curve posts, and fretwork around door panels and door-window frames, which blends the Northern Thailand style and European style together. The station is a splendidly rare-to-find Lanna-Colonial building. It was half wood-half concrete. The ground floor is a solid concrete, whereas; the upper floor was made of wood. Many Chinese-style houses lined up in front of the station still bare its antique charm to the passerby. As a beautiful European architecture, Nakhon Lampang Railway Station is the only railway station in Thailand that has stood tall for almost a century. Therefore, it becomes a historical heritage that has persisted with Lampang province for a long period of time. Lampang Railway Station call. 0 5431 8648, 0 5421 7024.
