Has 1 platform with trains departing to commuter destinations to the West of Bangkok and two departures a day to Kanchanaburi and onto Nam Tok.Īdvance tickets are not available for any of the train services from this station. The original train station building is now part of the Siriraj Hospital Located on the West Side of the Chao Phraya river near the Siriraj Hospital. If you miss the train your alternative option is to take a minivan from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. There are two departures a day, every day, from Thonburi train station to Kanchanaburi (for the famous Bridge over the River Kwai) and onto Nam Tok at the top end of the railway line: Thonburi Thonburi Railway Stationįor most foreign visitors, the only reason to go to Thonburi train station is to catch a train to Kanchanaburi to visit the famous Bridge Over the River Kwai and the war cemeteries. This scenery was recounted in at least two poems by Sunthorn Phu (1786–1855), a poet of that era, who was born in Bangkok Noi.Once a major train station, with trains on the busy Southern Line stopping there, Thonburi train station now has a limited number of commuter services departing to suburban destination in Bangkok, and surrounding towns, and services to Kanchanaburi and onto Nam Tok. In the early- Rattanakosin period, there was a floating market where vendor's boats and wooden houseboats mingled, lining up along the waterways to Bang Bamru and Bang Khun Non. Eventually, the river diverted through the new canal, and its old course became the two canals known today as Khlong Bangkok Yai and Khlong Bangkok Noi. As time passed, the new canal was eroded and became gradually wider. In 1552, during the reign of King Chairachathirat of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, he ordered the construction of a canal bypassing the meander to shorten travel time, known as Khlong Lat Bangkok (คลองลัดบางกอก 'Bangkok Short-Cut Canal'). The canal, along with its counterpart Khlong Bangkok Yai, was initially a meandering part of the Chao Praya River's original course. The canal terminates at the confluence with Khlong Om Non and Khlong Bang Yai at the Old Bang Yai Market in Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi Province, along the way, it is also connected to many canals, such as Khlong Chak Phra, Khlong Maha Sawat, Khlong Bang Kruai.įor this reason it has been promoted as one of the cultural tourism routes, as well as other canals in Bangkok and the vicinity. The current flows north through many historical and cultural landmarks, such as Ansorissunnah Royal Mosque, National Museum of Royal Barges, Wat Suwannaram, Thon Buri railway station, Wat Amarintharam, and Wat Si Sudaram, a Thai temple known as the place where the poet Sunthorn Phu studied in his childhood, as well as Wat Bang Oi Chang in Nonthaburi Province, etc. The mouth of Khlong Bangkok Noi is located beside Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital (SiPH) and the former Bangkok Noi railway station (now the location of Thonburi Railway Station Pier). 
Khlong Bangkok Noi ( Thai: คลองบางกอกน้อย, pronounced lit 'Small Bangkok Canal') is a khlong (คลอง canal) in Bangkok its name is the origin of the name Bangkok Noi District.
A map showing Chao Praya river's original course and its shortcut canals.
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