Nong Kae railway station
Nong Kae หนองแก | |||||||||||
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| Location | Takiap Road, Nong Kae Subdistrict, Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan | ||||||||||
| Owned by | State Railway of Thailand | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Southern Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | นอ. | ||||||||||
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Nong Kae railway station is a railway station located in Nong Kae Subdistrict, Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan. It is a class 3 railway station located 216.963 km (134.8 mi) from Thon Buri railway station.
2007 rail accident
On 14 January 2007, Rapid No. 178 Lang Suan-Thon Buri collided with Special Express No. 39/41 Bangkok-Surat Thani/Yala (coupled together) at Nong Kae. The accident occurred at 02:30 am, and since the trains collided head-on, this caused 2 deaths: the train driver and the train mechanic. Many were injured and were sent to Hua Hin Hospital afterwards.
References
- Ichirō, Kakizaki (2010). Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi. Kyōto: Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. ISBN 978-4-87698-848-8.[page needed]
- Otohiro, Watanabe (2013). Tai kokutetsu yonsenkiro no tabi: shasō fūkei kanzen kiroku. Tōkyō: Bungeisha. ISBN 978-4-286-13041-5.[page needed]
12°31′58″N 99°57′52″E / 12.5327°N 99.9644°E
