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Wisarut
03-08-04, 06:28 PM
1) Old: Ban Chimplee Station
New: Ban Chimplee Stop (effective July 17, 2004)
2) Old: Wat Lanbun Stop
New: Wat lanbun Station
3) Old: Klong Udomchonjorn Stop
New: Klong Udomchonjorn Station
4) Old: Bang Toei Stop
New: Bang Toei Station
5) Old: Tha Sao Station
New: Tha Sao Stop
6) Old: Mae Phuak Station
New: Mae Phuak Stop
The Enforcer!
04-08-04, 10:16 AM
Dear Kh. Wisarut,
Which lines are these on?
The Enforcer!
Wisarut
02-02-05, 01:50 PM
Now, Thai railfans have begun to collect the track maps of Thai rialway stations .... However, the REQEST for the trackmap of the following stations is STRICTLY prohibited for National Security Propose:
1) Bangkok Station (Hua Lamphong)
2) Chitladda Triangle
3) Phaholyothjin Cargo Depot
4) Bangsue Loco Depot
5) Sugei Golok station
The rest can be seen here:
http://www.rotfaithai.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2169
The Enforcer!
02-02-05, 02:48 PM
Now, Thai railfans have begun to collect the track maps of Thai rialway stations .... However, the REQEST for the trackmap of the following stations is STRICTLY prohibited for National Security Propose:
1) Bangkok Station (Hua Lamphong)
2) Chitladda Triangle
3) Phaholyothjin Cargo Depot
4) Bangsue Loco Depot
5) Sugei Golok station
The rest can be seen here:
http://www.rotfaithai.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2169
Can these maps not be drawn by hand?
The Enforcer!
Wisarut
02-02-05, 02:59 PM
Well, many of Thai railfan use Visio to draw thsoe trackmap ....
Oh, the trackmaps around Locomotive Sheds (Bangsue, Chumpon, Hatyai, Thungsong, Sila At, Nakhon Lampang, Kaeng khoi, Ubon) are the otehr sets of the RESTRICTED area ... whcih Thai rialfans are NOT supposed to post the trackmap at all ...
Wisarut
02-02-05, 03:01 PM
Makkasan Depot and Maintianace center as well as the factory areas are the area where the trackmap posting is PROHIBITED ... all for security reason of course
The Enforcer!
02-02-05, 03:41 PM
Well, many of Thai railfan use Visio to draw thsoe trackmap ....
Oh, the trackmaps around Locomotive Sheds (Bangsue, Chumpon, Hatyai, Thungsong, Sila At, Nakhon Lampang, Kaeng khoi, Ubon) are the otehr sets of the RESTRICTED area ... whcih Thai rialfans are NOT supposed to post the trackmap at all ...
Can you post a platform layout with connections to MRT?
The Enforcer!
Wow, dear members, that is good start for the megaproject trackmaps Thailand.
Dick :)
Wisarut
03-02-05, 12:19 AM
Khun hatyai-Junction, it is the Intercity bus along with the expanding highway networks that effectively KILLED many train services in Thailand, just like the Interstate Highway and Lowcost airlines whcih Kill Pullman rail services .... Think about it!
Don't forget that SRT is lose-ridden enterprises so they have to cut down
the serevices once thsoe itnercity buses have filled up the duty ... Think about it!
Oh, most of local Thai people would drop down at Trang first before riding taxi or locla bus to Kantang ... That's why the traffic to Kantang has been cut down to 1 arrival and 1 departure .....
I have LOTS of the trains of bygone era compiled by many Thai railfans includign Hat Yai - Butterworth Railcar services .... but hte list is too long to compile here
Take a look at Thung Song - kantang photo by Tahi Railfan here:
http://www.rotfaithai.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1035
Take a look at Thung Song - kantang photo by Tahi Railfan here: http://www.rotfaithai.com/modules.phpname=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1035Wow, what a lovely station building Kantang has! (On the second page: http://www.rotfaithai.com/files/img_0640.1jpg.jpg and http://www.rotfaithai.com/files/img_0641.1jpg.jpg) Have only ever been to Trang, took the sleeper back to BKK (also nice).
As for the track maps, it seems to me they could need some standardization. For example, some of them include signals, others show the names of neighbouring stations or directions of the rail lines.........
von Hirschhorn
03-02-05, 06:51 PM
Quote by Hat -Yai junc
Give em a break … They might be doing something really futile
O yeah, let us dwell among the tracks with a draw board in our hand and see who will arrest us for gathering classified information. Futile, childish? What about the so-called loco spotters – a real British event – collecting numbers of rolling stock especially locomotives. And more: getting upset on an excursion and not come home with a lot of pictures in the camera. Quantity instead of quality. Our slave existence and the way to escape.
Of course there is more beneath the sun than trains only but still I am delighted to be a slave and walking down the line with a sharpened pencil prepared for the battle. I had in mind starting at Chiang Mai or a Thai rail buff from the rose of the North went ahead of me. In that case I only count the sleepers.
Wisarut
03-02-05, 08:09 PM
Fro the case of Rotfaithai.com, Even SRT Governor and SRT Board of Director have READ that Homepage to be sure .... therefore, the warning by Rotfaithai.com webmaster is VALID!!!!!!
For the case of Thairailfan fro mthe North, the have already capoture the image all the way down from Chaing Mai to BKK via Rapid 51/52 (the reccommended train for photographing) ... along with Thai railfan who
has his relative in Phichit to take a photo while riding ....
@Hat-Yai junc and von Hirschhorn:
Oh man, it's getting more and more surreal here.....
But I definitely like it.
Welcome to the playground of the railnuts! :D
von Hirschhorn
07-02-05, 07:33 PM
According Khun Wisarut a fan from the North took pictures of the line already, from the rear I suppose but that’s not enough, there are certain side tracks hardly seen from the last speeding wagon. You have to be there.
So the sleeper song is still waiting to recite.
An opera, karaoke, fine, a voice hardly heard by Thai anyway certainly not by the dwellers who lives beside the tracks in their sheds. The railroad writer’s song, the sound from steel on steel, the mellow wind in the wake of a passing train. Hear, hear, I am really longing to go!
von Hirschhorn
08-02-05, 07:40 PM
… to supplement my paper collection with a virtual archive.
Quite the opposite, just the plain fieldwork to what’ s in mind already – many times I travelled up and down the Northern line – transform to paper.
That’s why I suggest – in an other thread – to do the first stations starting at Chiang Mai as soon as I arrive on the premises again. (When, how or even if, is still uncertain but anyway!) Afterwards Mr. Dick van der Spek will turn the sketches into proofed maps.
The rest will follow after my earlier retirement next year and I have lots of time to hire a Honda motorcycle (dream) and take a tour from station to station.
A dream, certain, but as long as wheels are rolling maybe there is an outcome.
And yes, I do have nice pictures of the Chiang Mai yard but they are not sufficient enough to draw good maps out of them.
DR.WANGEMANN
10-02-05, 10:35 PM
Dear users of the forum,
it's really sad for me to hear that "due to National Security Reasons" it's not allowed to show track maps of several statios on the web.That remembers me quite fatal to the long gone times of the former GDR where it was strictly forbidden to publish track maps or to have exact maps of the railway network.It's really curious that in our modern times which use satellites for mapping and where you can see everything down to cm we still have to live with curious things like that!
You can go to the excellent photos of the forums of the wonderful www.rotfaithai.com webpage and there you'll find nearly every interesting station with shown tracks and even a lot of photos of goods trains carrying tanks(!).The problem for me with that photos is that I can't see which direction is really shown,so you have to go there to check it out on your own.
So to do the planned track map what our Thai friends can do and what they've already started is to draw the tack maps of major stations on their own.There is surely quite a lot of work to be done and if our friends are not allowed to show track maps of certain stations on the web they should send the drawn maps of the station directly to my e-mail address or the e-mail address of Mr.Dick van der Spek.
During the next weeks I shall send a kind of track map of the minor stations of the SRT network to Mr.Dick van der Spek.These maps are official ones from the graphic timetables of the SRT and should be okay for the minor stations,but what is still missing are the major stations,so a big plea to our Bangkok residents first:Please check the track layout of the following sections(a video camera as cab ride is quite useful!):
1)Bangkok Hualamphong-Lop Buri
2)Ban Phachi Junction-Muak Lek
3)Bangkok Hualamphong-Chachoengsao Junction
4)Bangkok Hualamphong-Nakhon Pathom
5)Goods line Makkasan-Mae Nam:Bang Chak
which include the major stations of Hualamphong,Bang Sue Junction,Phahonyothin Freight Terminal,Ban Phachi Junction,Lop Buri,Kaeng Khoi Junction,Makkasan,Taling Chan Junction,Thon Buri,Nakhon Pathom.
I've done a similiar task for the Greater Berlin area for the S-Bahn and U-Bahn network,so I do know what I'm talking about and believe me,with the help of a lot of friends it can be done.I don't believe Thai railway fans will get any trouble by either drawing sketch maps or taking photos or videos of the track layouts,as I've seen so many track layouts on the mentioned web page and I still believe that Thailand is a democracy where you can do things like that.
That plea goes also to users in different places in Thailand,please provide us with track layouts of major stations like Nakhon Ratchasima,Khon Jaen,Udon Thani,Surat Thani,Hat Yai Junction and many many more.I shall see what I can do on my own in my next holidays in November for certain stations.
Best greetings from Volker
Dear users of the forum,
it's really sad for me to hear that "due to National Security Reasons" it's not allowed to show track maps of several statios on the web.That remembers me quite fatal to the long gone times of the former GDR where it was strictly forbidden to publish track maps or to have exact maps of the railway network.It's really curious that in our modern times which use satellites for mapping and where you can see everything down to cm we still have to live with curious things like that!
You can go to the excellent photos of the forums of the wonderful www.rotfaithai.com webpage and there you'll find nearly every interesting station with shown tracks and even a lot of photos of goods trains carrying tanks(!).The problem for me with that photos is that I can't see which direction is really shown,so you have to go there to check it out on your own.
So to do the planned track map what our Thai friends can do and what they've already started is to draw the tack maps of major stations on their own.There is surely quite a lot of work to be done and if our friends are not allowed to show track maps of certain stations on the web they should send the drawn maps of the station directly to my e-mail address or the e-mail address of Mr.Dick van der Spek.
During the next weeks I shall send a kind of track map of the minor stations of the SRT network to Mr.Dick van der Spek.These maps are official ones from the graphic timetables of the SRT and should be okay for the minor stations,but what is still missing are the major stations,so a big plea to our Bangkok residents first:Please check the track layout of the following sections(a video camera as cab ride is quite useful!):
1)Bangkok Hualamphong-Lop Buri
2)Ban Phachi Junction-Muak Lek
3)Bangkok Hualamphong-Chachoengsao Junction
4)Bangkok Hualamphong-Nakhon Pathom
5)Goods line Makkasan-Mae Nam:Bang Chak
which include the major stations of Hualamphong,Bang Sue Junction,Phahonyothin Freight Terminal,Ban Phachi Junction,Lop Buri,Kaeng Khoi Junction,Makkasan,Taling Chan Junction,Thon Buri,Nakhon Pathom.
I've done a similiar task for the Greater Berlin area for the S-Bahn and U-Bahn network,so I do know what I'm talking about and believe me,with the help of a lot of friends it can be done.I don't believe Thai railway fans will get any trouble by either drawing sketch maps or taking photos or videos of the track layouts,as I've seen so many track layouts on the mentioned web page and I still believe that Thailand is a democracy where you can do things like that.
That plea goes also to users in different places in Thailand,please provide us with track layouts of major stations like Nakhon Ratchasima,Khon Jaen,Udon Thani,Surat Thani,Hat Yai Junction and many many more.I shall see what I can do on my own in my next holidays in November for certain stations.
Best greetings from Volker
Dear Volker and other members/railfans esp. trackmapfans.
Before making the trackmap(s) we intend to make a railwaymap scale (not definitive) 1 : 250.000. On these map(s): railways in past and present, stations, stops and so on. With this maps as a base it will be easier to make the trackmaps. There will be a better general view. In late spring I will start with these outline maps. Suggestions for a legend are welcome.
Wisarut
10-08-05, 10:42 AM
Now, thereare soem changes onthe status of stations:
1) Pak Tako - 3nd Class
2) Lang Suan - 2nd Class
3) Bangkok - Special Class
4) Mae Nam - 1st Class -> Demoted from Special Class
5) Lad Krabang ICD - Special Class -> Promoted from 1st Class
6) Phetburi - 1st Class -> prtovincial station with cargo & passenger service
7) Salaya - 4th Class
8) Huahin - 2nd Class
9) Bandai Mah - 2nd Class -> promoted
10)Pang Asok - 2nd Class -> Promoted
11) Klang Dong - 2nd Class -> Promoted
12) Soong Noen - 2nd Class
13) Si Kiew - 2nd Class
14) Pak Chong - 2nd Class
15) Bueng Phra - 1st Class ->Promoted [most are oil]
16) Ban chong Tai - 2nd Class [most are cement trains]
17) Tha Ruea - 2nd Class -> Promoted
18) Chachoengsao - 1st class ->promoted due to cargo services and commuter
19) Buriram - 1st class -> promoted
20) Donmuang -> 1st Class -> Promoted from 2nd Class due to Donmuang Airport
What do these status classes actually mean? For example, do they affect the number/ranks of the personnel assigned to the stations, or what types of trains stop there? In other words, what are the consequences if a station is promoted or demoted?
Now, there are soem changes on the status of stations:
20) Donmuang -> 1st Class -> Promoted from 2nd Class due to Donmuang AirportWell, certainly makes a lot of sense to make this decision now, after Don Muang has been in operation for 80+ years, while the new airport will be opened soon..... :rolleyes: (I know, I know, more or less soon - at least within this decade!)
DR.WANGEMANN
18-09-05, 11:35 PM
Dear Forum members,
Khun Wisarut recently sent a new station list of the SRT in Thai language to me which I have translated now and which is updated now.I don't know if we can post this list as an attachment to this new thread or if anyone would like to contact me personally to get this new list as his own personally e-mail attachment?If the last option is the preferred one anyone can contact me via:
dr.wangemann@t-online.de
With best greetings from Berlin from
Volker
qualtrough
21-09-05, 11:56 PM
Khun Wisarut,
I too would be interesting in knowing what the different station classes entail.
John
Wisarut
22-09-05, 09:47 AM
The Highest class (BKK - Lad Krabang ICD) and the 1st Class (Samsen, Bangsue, Donmuang, Laem Chabang, Sila At, Hat Yai, Denchai etc.) got
the highest budget to maintain the stations
gwmss15
16-03-06, 10:10 AM
How many different train stations have you used (SRT only) on your travels around thailand?
I would list mine but cant remeber the spelling of there names
I have used 12 different stations around thailand so far including 4 on the mae klong line
What's your definition of "used"? Boarded a train there / got off a train at that station?
Well, at least 30. Can verify that if you answer my question.
I would be very interested in the counts of people like Wisarut, von Hirschhorn or R. Zimmermann, though! Is 150 enough? ;)
gwmss15
16-03-06, 04:52 PM
either but must have got on or off a train there ie not just meet someone there or use a bus from it without 1st using the train
is that clear
Wisarut
16-03-06, 05:06 PM
For Me, I can remmeber that
1) BKK (Hua Lamphong)
2) Sam Sen
3) Bangsue
4) Salaya
5) Bang Khen
6) Laksi (My Home)
7) Donmuang
8) Rangsit
9) Chiang rak (nearest to my office)
10) Ayutthaya
11) Lopburi
12) Nong Khai
13) Ubon
14) Chiang Mai
15) Prachuab Khirikhan
16) Kanchanaburi
17) Nam Tok
18) Chachongsao
19) Kabin Buri
20) Ploo Ta Luang
21) Aranyaprathet
22) Thonburi
23) Wongwian Yai
24) Mahachai
25) Ban Laem
26) Mae Klong
// ---------------------------
I do visitign the folowign station even though I did not board this station
1) Khon Kaen
2) Rajburi
3) Nakhon Ratchasima
I have recounted them and came up with 46. I can name them later; have to go now.
Khun Wisarut - that's all??? Are you kidding us?
:eek: *incredulous*
Wisarut
16-03-06, 08:27 PM
Well., I should include the missing stations/stop here:
1) Phyathai Stop
2) Phrachomklao Stop
3) Klong Tan station
// ------------------------
I also visited Bang Son stop and the old Bang Son station at the foot of Rama 6 bridge ....
I would NOT the stations/stop I DID NOT Board though .... That's why we havve come up with different numbers
Surat Thani
Chumporn
Langsuan - one of my favorites
Hat-Yai
Bangsue
Samsen
Hualampong
Padang Besar - travelled in a brakevan to Hat-Yai
Yala
Aranyaprathet
Phattalung
Nakorn Sri Thammarat
Sungai Kolok.
VISITED:
Hua-Hin - to visit one of the southern directors
Trang
Khiri Rat Nikhom
Na Mom
Ban Din Lan - a local favorite
The Old Songkhla Station
Khuan Niang
Khok Po (Pattani)
Khlong Ngae
Chana
Thung-Song
Khao Chumthong
Cha Uat
Khuan Khanun
Khao Chaison
Bangkhlam
Thepha
otherstuff1957
17-03-06, 10:48 AM
Right off the top of my head: Hualompong, Urupong, Phaya Thai, Ratchaprarop, Makkasan and Huamak (I frequently use the commuter trains - until some kind of light rail is up and running the best ways to go East-West in BKK are the commuter trains or the KSS canal boats).
I also took a 2nd class overnight train up from Georgetown a couple of years ago. It was one of the best ways to travel that I've ever experienced! Much more comfortable than a bus. Since then I've tried to use the train for other trips, but they have always been fully booked! :(
The Enforcer!
17-03-06, 11:27 AM
Zip, Zero, Nought, Nil, None, Naught, Zilch ....
Err...wot's a station?
The Enforcer!
So here's the list - roughly from North to South and grouped by imaginary regions (and yes, I did board or leave trains there in each case):
NORTH
Chiang Mai
Uttaradit
Phitsanulok
Phichit
Nakhon Sawan
Lopburi
NORTHEAST
Udon Thani
Chaturat [that's the station nearest to Muang Chaiyaphum]
Nakhon Ratchasima
Buri Ram
Si Sa Ket
Ubon Ratchathani
CENTER
Khok Salung [end point of SRT daytrip to Khuan Pasak]
Pasak Chonlasit Dam [actually only a stop, not a station]
Bang Pa-In
Don Muang
Bangsue
Samsen
Hualamphong
Thonburi [old and new]
Khlong Tan
Wong Wian Yai
Mahachai
Ban Laem
Maeklong
EAST
Chachoengsao
Sa Kaeo
Aranyaprathet
Pattaya
WEST
Nakhon Pathom
Suphanburi [YES!]
Ban Pong
Kanchanaburi
Saphan Kwae Yai
Tham Krasae
Nam Tok
Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi
SOUTH
Photharam
Phetchaburi
Cha-Am
Surat Thani
Trang
Nakhon Si Thammarat
Hat Yai
Yala
Sungai Kolok
somewhat in doubt:
*Prachin Buri (cannot remember - did I arrive by train or bus???)
*Thai-Malaysian Border (Padang Besar) (certainly not a real 'destination', but passengers have to get off, walk through immigration and re-board the train.....)
Count them or not; it's more than 31 in any case.
ONLY VISITED:
Lamphun
Talat Nongkhai
Surin
Hua Hin
Phrachomklao (KMITL)
Makkasan
....and possibly some more.
Note: And I am not even a real railnut!
*Thai-Malaysian Border (Padang Besar) (certainly not a real 'destination', but passengers have to get off, walk through immigration and re-board the train.....)
I may be the only one here to board at Padang Besar; although I have also passed through it as well several times.
Yes, the actual platform is in Malaysia. I don't know if it is still the case, but there used to be a Thai ticket office and staffroom with real Thai staff in it. I went there by bus to visit an employee living in a railway house on the Thai side. He took me by a circuitous route on his motorcycle through the container yard, to the station and popped me in the brakevan of a north-bound freight (1st Class). 2nd class rode on the wagon tops, dodging bridgespan girders. Yes, someone was collecting a 'fare' for the traincrew, as they deliberately slowed down before Hat-Yai junction to allow contrabanders to sling their stuff off. The only disadvantage of this route, is that you have to cross the freightyard tracks to disembark.
No one seemed to mind this 'crossing into Malaysia to board a train back to Thailand' lark. Local Thais cross the border all the time with a border pass, to get on & off trains to & from Bangkok, Even for foreigners who want to go to Thai Padang, the Malaysian Immos usually just tell you to head back through the track's border gate to get to the market. Not sure why anyone would want to go though. ;) Apart from Boh Tea, Baked Beans, Mushy Peas, good biscuits and crackers, it's the biggest and most uncared-for dump in Thailand!
So what poll is next?
Bus stations (bor kor sor)? :D
No, BTS and MRT stations would be more practical. (I can already tell you that there is only one that I never used, and that one is Ari.)
von Hirschhorn
21-03-06, 05:16 PM
I would be very interested in the counts of people like von Hirschhorn though! Is 150 enough? ;)
More than, the problem with this poll is that I saw almost every station
unfortunate only from the window or backside of a speeding train.
The stations used for boarding or get off a train or even for a short walk on the platform only, are limited I fear.
I have to dive into the records again and count. This will take a while.
von Hirschhorn
23-03-06, 01:26 AM
Northern lines
1) Chiang Mai
2) Saraphi
3) Lamphun
4) Tha Chomphu *
5) Khun Tan
6) Nakhon Lampang
7) Mae Mo
8) Den Chai
9) Sila At
10) Uttaradit
11) Wang Khapi
12) Thasak *
13) Ban Dara Junction ....... 14) Sawan Khalok
15) Phitsanulok
16) Taphan Hin
17) Pak Nampho
18) Nakhon Sawan
19) Ban Takhli
20) Lopburi
21) Ban Moh
22) Ayutthaya
23) Rangsit *
24) Don Muang
25) Laksi
26) Bang Sue Junction
27) Sam Sen
28) Hua Lamphong
Eastern lines
29) Makkasan
30) Khlong Tan
31) Hua Mark
32) Chachoensao ....... 33) Pattaya 34) Ban Plutaluang
35) Prachin Buri
36) Kabin Buri
37) Arranya Prathet
North-Eastern lines
38) Saraburi
39) Kaeng Khoi
40) Nakhon Ratchasisma (Korat)
41) Thanon Chira Junction
42) Ubon Ratchathani
43) Bua Yai
44) Khon Kaen
45) Udon Thani
46) Nong Khai
Maeklong lines
47) Wong Wian Yai
48) Talad Phu
49) Mahachai (Samut Sakhon)
50) Ban Laem
51) Mae Klong (Samut Songkhram)
Southern lines
52) Thonburi
53) Bangkok Noi (Thonburi yet)
54) Nakhon Pathom
55) Nong Pladuk Junction ...... 56) Suphan Buri Malaimen
Burma line
57) Kanchanaburi
58) Saphan Kwae Yai
59) Wang Takien *
60) Tham Kra Sae
61) Wang Pho
62) Nam Tok
63) Ratchaburi
64) Petchaburi
65) Hua Hin
66) Map Amarit
67) Chum Phon
68) Surat Thani (Phun Phin)
69) Thung Song Junction ...... 70) Trang 71) Katang
72) Khao Chum Thong Junction ...... 73) Nakhon Si Thammarat
74) Hat Yai Junction ...... 75) Padang Besar
76) Yala
77) Sungai Golok
* means breakdown locomotive and long waiting – the famous platform walk – for repair or replacement.
Khun NCR, you don’t have to be a ‘rail nut’ or other dweller between strange and straight to do some interesting geographical listing of place names once visited i.e. countries, ports, airports and stations. A game for the dull moments in live if any or between travel.
In 1973/1974 I travelled the most time by train, I'm fond on steam that time and I have made a lot of pictures of them (the steamlocs.!).
The stations I board on trains are: Kanchanaburi, Lum Sum, Ta Ki Len, Whang Pho, Nam Tok, Wang Tha Kian, Saphan Kwae. Further Wong Wian Yai, Mahachai, Ban Laem (Ban Leam, watch out, both text on the same platform!!!).
Ubon Ratchathani, Nong Kahai, Khon Kaen, Makassan, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Lamphang, Bang Sue Junction, Sam Sen.
Last visit station (febr, 2006) was Talat Nong Khai, without train.
I have visited more stations for making pictures, but without boarding a train.
Khun NCR, you don’t have to be a ‘rail nut’ or other dweller between strange and straight to do some interesting geographical listing of place names once visited i.e. countries, ports, airports and stations. A game for the dull moments in live if any or between travel.1. First off, I have a great deal of respect for railnuts. My father is one. (Not the type who goes out trainspotting; but one who has tons of railway books and a lot of knowledge about steam locos down to the technical details of certain series, and has a model railway at home, and loves to visit museums and ride historical railways, take photos of trains, etc.)
Unfortunately, when my parents visited here last year I didn't have an opportunity to board any SRT train (preferrably on the Maeklong Line!) with him (only Subway and Skytrain). What a shame. :( Guess they will have to come again......
2. You know, actually I have done something like this - I made tables with all my flights (incl. sector length/mileage) and airports used (with take-off/landing stats).
For Thailand, I really developed it into a game of collecting provinces. I marked them off on a copied map. More precisely, various maps: I even kept record in which provinces I have stayed overnight, not just passed through (that's 64, as opposed to 75 out of 76*), or where I visited the provincial capital (72), or in which provinces I travelled by train (41).
But then I'm obsessed with maps and also a bit with statistics (the latter only if they are fun). :D
*(See other poll (http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=1540))
And the morale of all this? Guess we are all nuts (noun or adjective) to a certain extent....... :p
von Hirschhorn
04-04-06, 07:20 PM
QUOTE=ncr]
You know, actually I have done something like this - I made tables with all my flights (incl. sector length/mileage) and airports used (with take-off/landing stats)
No offence at all, it was just a note to remark that the strange are beautiful and the straight normally dull. I have a similar flight list you describe. Moreover a country list with all sorts of specifications includes where I stayed overnight. (hotel table with the notable room number stayed in of course) A bulk of useless info for the eye only but in length a worthy tool to play the poll games like here on the website.
Strange … nobody is strange, only him who’s thinking he isn’t.
We could start the club of personal data collectors in respect how we move across the globe. We could, but it’s better to enjoy in real and meanwhile make a note now and then. :p
Wisarut
08-11-07, 07:40 PM
Northern Lines
1. Ta Klee station -> Chin Nart
2. Noen Makok station -> Phayuha khree district of Nakhon Sawan, and Uthai Thani
3. Phichit station -> Kamphaeng Phet
4. Sila At -> Lab Lae district of Uttaradit
Southern Line:
1. Ban Song -> Wiang Sa district of Surat Thani
2. Klong Chandee -> Larn Saka district and Muang district of Nakhon Srithammarat (for those who cannot catch Nakhon Srithammarat Express and Nakhon Srithammarat rapid)
3. Na Bon -> Larn Saka district and Muang district of Nakhon Srithammarat (for those who cannot catch Nakhon Srithammarat Express and Nakhon Srithammarat rapid)
4. Ban Makok Tai station -> Kuan Khanun district of Phatthalung
5. Harn Thao station -> Pak Phayoon district of Phatthalung
6. Kuan Niang station -> Satun
7. Khok Pho station -> Pattani
8. Tanyong Mas station -> Ra Ngae district and Muang district of Narathiwat
More to follows:
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