Train trip from Aranyaprathet to Bangkok

I will move to next destination today.
Checked out Hotel at 6 am and head to Aranyaprathet station.

The ticket window had already been queued.
The departure time is 6:40 and arrival time to Bangkok is 12:05.
The duration is estimated over 5 hours.
It is the first time such a long trip by local train in Thailand.
I am excited.

The train is already on standby from last night.
Bought a ticket and board the train.
The fare to Bangkok is 48B per person.

  Got on the train  

I secured a seat in the last customer car.
Judged that it was easy to see the situation of each stop station from here.

I sat on the left seat facing the direction of the train go ahead.
The reason is that the platform of this station was on the left side.
And this is a long trip, so I sit near a toilet.
I used the toilet once just before departure.

  Have breakfast on the seat  

I bought bread, chocolate and water at a convenience store before coming to the station. Selected satisfactory food with a small amount. It is to reduce the number of times I go to toilet. This strategy has been successful.

  Train depart  

The train departed on time.  Goodby Aranyaprathet!

  Huai Dua  

This is the first stop from Aranyaprathet. The platform is on grassland.
The station has no staff and no building. Small waiting area with a roof is available.

  Sa Kaeo  

This is a relatively large station.
Train operating staffs are in the station.

  Phra Prong  

The station has no staff and no building.
One palm tree at this platfoem in grassland was impressive.

  Khok Makok  

The train wait the oncoming one from Bangkok at this station.
The station has staffs and building. The platform is in both side.

  Prachin Buri  

This is a relatively large station.
I had a impression that here was in the city area.

  Nong Nam Khao  

It is a place that located feels like in paddy field here. I couldn't find any buildings around this area. The station has off course no staffs and no building.

It is a paddy field to the end of the horizon.
This scenery continued for a while after the train departed.

  Chachoengsao Junction  

Arrived the station at 10:31 am. About 4 hours have passed since train departure at Aranyaprathet. The seat of the train got be full by passengers. The situation affected the photo taking to  difficulty.  The atmosphere of the city began to be felt.

The station is branch point with Sattahip Branch Line. It is the line to Pattaya. However, at this time the train for Pattaya has already passed.

  Makkasan  

The time is 11:50 am. The train reached the transportation area of Bangkok.

Transfer to MRT Blue Line is available from here.  Bangkok terminal station is right there.

  Bangkok Station  

12:08, arrived the terminal station almost on time.
Great! The staffs of eastern line are excellent.

After most of the passengers get off, took video in this platform.

Eastern Main Line of Thailand, That's all.

Aranyaprathet Terminal Station on Thai Eastern Line

City : Aranyaprathet, SA Kaeo Thailand

Trip plan was set as two days to stay in this city.
I had good time in here on my schedule.

  Information                                         

The station is located 254.5 km from Bangkok Terminal Station.
This is the terminal station of Thai Eastern Line. Here is at about 6 km distance from Cambodia-Thai Border. However, the railway track continue up to the border.

I visited here in November 2018.  I saw on the net article that the international railway between Thailand and Cambodia has resumed in April 2019. I will revisit to this area someday in order to look railway's border line.

Time Table  (Bangkok - Aranyaprathet)
Departure : 6:40 (BKK 12:05) , 13:55 (BKK 19:40)
Arrival      : (BKK 5:55)11:35 , (BKK 13:05)17:35

  Day 1                                                         

Visited to Aranyaprathet station at 9:30 am.

State of the station

Walked from entrance in front of the station to the platform.

There are several tuktuks, motorcycles and food stalls in front of the station.
That's all.  The area around the station is a very peaceful landscape with lots of vacant land. The blue sky is felt so wide.

Train arrived

No. 275 train arrived at 11:37. It is about 2 minutes delay from scheduled time. I was lucky because I expected a delay of over 30 minutes.

After arrival of the train, changing the direction of the motor unit will be carried out. This is a scene that can only be seen at the Terminal Station.

Trains for Bangkok leave in about 2 hours. During the time, Let's look around in the platform.

Walking through in the train

The number of customer car is six. The motor unit is located completely out of the platform. There is no shortage of platform length relative to the train. I feel like Thai-ness from seeing this kind of sight.

Then, get in from the first car and walk to end in the train. This train has basically three types of seats.

Seats that looks comfortable.

It seems could be recline seat. I did not check them.

It seems to be solid seat that has no function. I recognize that this is standard seats in local train of Thailand.

The seats in 6th car that is last car of the train.
There are reserve seats at the end. It is said on the board  "Reserve for Monks and Novices".

Train departure

Took a position ahead of the train and wait for the departure. The train departed at 13:55 on time. The staff of this Railway Line is excellent.

  Day 2                                                 

Train depart in the early morning

Visited to the station at 6:30 am. The weather is fine.
I had only one chance to taking video for morning train departure on this stay. The train left about 5 minutes behind the scheduled time.

End of the railway track on eastern line

After watching the departure train, headed for Rong Kluea Market. There is an end of the railway line in this site. That is the border between Thailand and Cambodia.

Looking the direction of Aranyaprathet station.

Looking the direction of Cambodia border.

Station for international trains.

The gate closed on the Cambodian side.

Train depart in the afternoon

This time I took video from near the railway crossing on the train heading direction. This is also near the entrance of Station One Hotel. The room rate is 900 B a night, include breakfast. FYI.

Train arrive in the evening

I wait for the No. 279 train that could not be taken video the day before. This train was delayed about 20 minutes. Unfortunately sunset has already done.

And I plan to leave for Bangkok in the early morning of the next day by this train.

Talat Nam 4 Park Station Thailand

State Railway of Thailand
City : Pattaya, Chon Buri Thailand
Railway line : Sattahip Branch on Eastern Line

I did not know the existence of this station.
Recently I happened to know its existence on google map.
After knowing existence, there is no reason not to go there.

  Station appearance                            

The railway track run along with Lieb Tang Rodfai Rd.
There are no station staff.

  Station platform                                   

Go up the stairs from the road to the platform.

  Train appeared                                   

Outbound train from Bangkok has arrived.
The station one stop before is South Pattaya.

Stop time is short.
The next stop is Ban Huai Kwang station.

Ban Phlu Ta Luang Station : State Railway of Thailand

City : Sattahip,, Chon Buri Thailand
Railway line : Sattahip Branch on Eastern Line

This is the terminal station of Sattahip branch line.
There are tracks but passengers can not go on ahead.
From this point only freight trains will be operated.

The appearance of the station

Station building.

A window through which tickets are sold.

the station platform

Whole view of the station platform

Walking through the platform and train

I walked from the entrance of the station to the platform.
The train arrived and I was able to observe the work unique to the terminal station.

I walked the platform along the train under preparation for departure.
The stop time at this station is about 2 hours.

Train arrival

I visited this station again at another day.
I changed the location and took a video.

Train departure

I waited in the scorching sun for two hours to see this scene.

Time table

Maintenance car come through

I encountered a maintenance car at the station platform.

A cute visitor appeared

A cute visitor appeared at the station after the train departed.
The visitor was cautious about me.

I met with this visitor at another day.
The visitor was not much cautious about me at this day.

Khao Chi Chan Junction : State Railway of Thailand

City : Sattahip,, Chon Buri Thailand
Railway line : Sattahip Branch Line on Eastern Line

This station is approximately 3.5 km from "Khao Chi Chan Buddha" in straight line distance.
There was no appearance of being used for sightseeing here at all.

This is the station which becomes a branch point with the freight train route.
So, there are 4 railway tracks installed at this station.

The appearance of the station

This station was a bit far from the main road, so it was hard to find.
Once I missed the guide sign board to this station, and passed by.

Station building.

A window through which tickets are sold.

Walking through the platform

The front of the platform is surrounded by mountains.
The view from here is very good.

This station exists in the forest in nature.
Passage train, one round trip a day.
It is the station that feels the most dangerous sign as a tourist.
Because there are no signs of people nearby.