Prannok Pier
Prannok Pier ท่าเรือพรานนก | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Siri Rat subdistrict, Bangkok Noi district Bangkok Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Chao Phraya River | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Pier | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | N10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Prannok Pier, also known as the Siriraj Pier or Wang Lang Pier (Thai: ท่าพรานนก, ท่าศิริราช, ท่าวังหลัง) with designated pier number N10, is a pier on the Chao Phraya River located at the Siriraj Subdistrict, Bangkok Noi district in the area adjacent Siriraj Hospital and Wang Lang Market.
Description
Prannok Pier is in the middle between Tha Chang (N9) and Thonburi Railway Station Piers (N11). It is divided into two piers are Prannok, which is the pier for Chao Phraya Express Boat, that runs between Bangkok and the north ends in Nonthaburi Province, and Tha Wang Lang or Wang Lang Pier is a ferry pier that leads to important places on the Phra Nakhon side such as Tha Prachan, Thammasat University, Sanam Luang, Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho etc.[1]
In the morning rush hour of June 14, 1995, there was a fatal accident at the pier when the pontoon collapsed under the weight of passengers. There were 29 deaths, many of them young students.[2]
Gallery
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Siriraj Hospital Pier is an adjacent pier built with beautiful architecture, normally it is not open for boats to be docked like other piers
References
- ^ "Wang Lang (Siriraj)". transit Bangkok.
- ^ "14 มิ.ย.2538 โศกนาฏกรรมหมู่ โป๊ะล่มพรานนก!". Kom Chad Luek (in Thai). 2018-06-14.