Ban Pong Railway Station

Ban Pong Railway Station สถานีรถไฟบ้านโป่ง
Location	Khositsakul Road, Ban Pong Subdistrict, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Southern Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	โป.
History
Opened	June 1903
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station Nong Pladuk Junction toward Hua Lamphong Southern Line Nakhon Chum toward Su-ngai Kolok

Ban Pong Railway Station is a class 1 railway station located in Ban Pong Subdistrict, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi and is lcoated 68.229 km (42.4 mi) from Thon Buri Railway Station. This station also acts as an interchange point for the Namtok Branch Line from Nong Pladuk Junction, accessible only from the Thanon Srong Pon station, also known as Ban Pong 2.

History

Ban Pong Railway Station opened in June 1903 along with the opening of the first phase of the Southern Line from Thon Buri Station to Phetchaburi Station. During the Second World War, the station was used by the Imperial Japanese Army as an unloading point for POWs from Changi Prison in Singapore to come for the construction of the Death Railway. Some of these POWs were sent to Kanchanaburi Province for the construction of the railway and some to the nearby Nong Pladuk POW Camp.