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Wongwian Yai, also spelled "Wong Wian Yai" or "Wongwien Yai" (Thai: วงเวียนใหญ่, pronounced [wōŋ.wīa̯n jàj]; lit. ' big roundabout ' ), is a large roundabout (traffic circle) in Thonburi , on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok , Thailand , where the statue of King Taksin is situated.
The Maeklong Railway (also known as the Mae Klong Railway) is a 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 33⁄8 in) metre gauge railway that runs for nearly 65 kilometres (40 mi) between Wongwian Yai, Bangkok, and Samut Songkhram in central Thailand.
Wongwian Yai station ( Thai: สถานีวงเวียนใหญ่, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː wōŋ.wīa̯n jàj]) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Silom line in Khlong San District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is on Krung Thon Buri Road to the west of Taksin intersection. It is located in a different location to Wongwian Yai ...
Wongwian Yai railway station is a railway station located in Bang Yi Ruea subdistrict, Thon Buri district, Bangkok. It is a class 1 railway station and is the Bangkok terminus of the Maeklong Railway Mahachai Line. Currently, 34 rail services operate at the station. [1] [2] It is located closer to Wongwian Yai roundabout and is in a different ...
A 2.2 km (1.4 mi) extension across the river to Wongwian Yai (S8) opened on 15 May 2009 after two years of delay. A further 5.3 km (3.3 mi), 4 station extension from Wongwian Yai (S8) to Bang Wa (S12) opened on 5 December 2013 after delays caused by the Bangkok floods of late 2011 .
A typical BTS station platform, showing platform screen doors. Plans for mass transit in Bangkok began in the early 1980s. An early version of the Skytrain project was known as the Lavalin Skytrain because it was designed using the Vancouver SkyTrain as a model, adopting technology developed by SNC-Lavalin. Due to political interference, the ...
A royal monument of King Taksin the Great. Taksin was born on 17 April 1734, in Ayutthaya. [clarification needed] Taksin had Chinese Teochew, Tai-Chinese and Mon ancestry.His father, Yong Saetae (Thai: หยง แซ่แต้; Chinese: 鄭鏞 Zhèng Yōng), who worked as a tax-collector, was of ethnic Teochew descent from Chenghai District, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Geocode. 1015. Thon Buri ( Thai: ธนบุรี, pronounced [tʰōn būrīː]) is one of the 50 districts ( khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. On the west bank of Chao Phraya River, it was once part of Thon Buri province. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Bangkok Yai, Phra Nakhon (across Chao Phraya River), Khlong San, Bang Kho Laem ...