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{{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}}
}}
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'''Khun Tan railway station''' is a railway station on the [[Northern Line (Thailand)|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.


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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.
{{Infobox station|name = Khun Tan Railway Station <br>สถานีรถไฟขุนตาน|address = Tha Pladuk Subdistrict, Mae Tha District, Lamphun|line = Northern Line|platform = 5|tracks = 3|code = KHT|operator = [[State Railway of Thailand]]|services = {{s-rail|title=SRT}}
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{{s-line|system=SRT|line=Northern|previous=Mae Tan Noi|next=Tha Chomphu|type=South|type2=North}}}}'''Khun Tan Railway Station''' is a railway station on the Northern Line located in [[Lamphun Province|Lamphun]]. It is operated by the State Railway of Thailand, and is 683.14 kilometres from [[Bangkok Railway Station]]. Khun Tan Railway Station is located in Tha Pladuk Subdistrict, Mae Tha District.

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Khun Tan Railway Station is the highest railway station in Thailand, situated at 578 metres above sea level. Around the railway station is the [[Doi Khuntan National Park]], which has bungalows run by the State Railway of Thailand, for visitors' use as well.


== Khun Tan Tunnel ==
== Khun Tan Tunnel ==
[[File:Khun Tan Tunnel.jpg|thumb|Khun Tan Tunnel]]
[[File:Khun Tan Tunnel.jpg|thumb|Khun Tan Tunnel]]{{Main|Khun Tan Tunnel}}
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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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Located just 200 metres away from Khun Tan Railway Station, is the Khun Tan Tunnel. This tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in Thailand, the whole tunnel being 1352.10 metres in length. The construction project took 11 years at a cost of 1.3 million baht and was finished in 1918.

=== History ===
The railway route to Chiang Mai had been designed to avoid the Khun Tan Mountains, a barrier between Lampang and Lamphun. However, Khun Tan Tunnel was built for economical convenience for trade between the northern area provinces and the central area provinces. So surveys for the tunnel route was started in 1905.

After 2 years, construction began in 1907. First, base pins were set up at a level behind the mountain aligned with the tunnel route so that the mountain could be exploded to the width needed. Then air compressors were used to drill through the mountain. If these air compressors broke down, then metal chisels were hammered into the rock, explosives inserted and then the rock was blasted to make way for track-laying.

The tunnel was finished in 1918 and remains in daily use today.

== Train Services ==
* '''Nakhon Phing Express 1/2 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok'''
* '''Super Express 13/14 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok'''
* '''Express 51/52 Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Bangkok'''
* '''Rapid 109 Bangkok-Chiang Mai'''
* '''Rapid 102 Chiang Mai-Bangkok'''
* '''Local 407/408 Nakhon Sawan-Chiang Mai-Nakhon Sawan'''


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
http://portal.rotfaithai.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=321
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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}}
http://www.rd.go.th/lamphun/61.0.html
* {{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}}
http://www.railway.co.th/intranet/srt/civil/wwwroot/Khuntan.html
{{refend}}

http://www.tapladuk.go.th/phocadownload/data/kuntan.pdf{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Railway stations in Thailand]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Thailand]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lamphun Province]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lamphun province]]

Latest revision as of 04:56, 5 December 2023

Khun Tan

ขุนตาน
General information
LocationTha Pladuk Subdistrict, Mae Tha District, Lamphun
Thailand
Operated byState Railway of Thailand
Line(s)Northern Line
Platforms3
Tracks3
Other information
Station codeขน.
Services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station
Mae Tan Noi
towards Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) or Krung Thep Aphiwat
 Northern Line Tha Chomphu
towards Chiang Mai

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 683.14 km (424.5 mi) 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 578 metres (1,896 ft 4 in) 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

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Khun Tan Tunnel
Main article: 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 1,352.1 metres (4,436 ft 0 in) in length. Construction took 11 years at a cost of 1.3 million baht. It was finished in 1918.

References

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  • "สาระความรู้วิชาการรถไฟและประวัติศาสตร์รถไฟไทย" [Academic knowledge, train and railway history Thailand]. Rotfaithai.com forums.
  • "บังกะโลขุนตาน" [Khun Tan Station]. State Railway of Thailand.
  • State Railway of Thailand. "ประวัติอุโมงค์ขุนตาน และ; การก่อสร้างอุโมงค์ขุนตาน" [Khun Tan Tunnel history; Khun Tan Tunnel Construction] (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

18°30′02″N 99°15′55″E / 18.5005°N 99.2652°E / 18.5005; 99.2652


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