Tha Kilen ท่ากิเลน | |||||||||||
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| Location | Sing Subdistrict, Sai Yok District Kanchanaburi Province Thailand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°02′26″N 99°15′26″E / 14.0406°N 99.2572°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | State Railway of Thailand | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Nam Tok Line (Death Railway) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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| Station code | กน. | ||||||||||
| Classification | Class 2 | ||||||||||
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Tha Kilen railway station is a railway station located in Sing Subdistrict, Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province. It is a class 2 railway station located 161.95 km (100.6 mi) from Bangkok railway station.[1][2] It is located near the Mueang Sing Historical Park.
Tha Kilen (also: Takalin) was a Japanese prisoner of war work camp during World War II. The camp was initially used for the construction of the Burma Railway, and was located 98 kilometres from Nong Pladuk.[3] The first prisoners arrived in February 1943.[4] Prisoners returned in April 1945 for maintenance work. On 7 April 1945, 8 were killed during an allied bombardment, because they were not allowed to take shelter by the Japanese guards.[3]
- ^ Ichiro, Kakizaki (2010). Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi. Kyoto: Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. ISBN 978-4-87698-848-8.
- ^ Otohiro, Watanabe (2013). Tai kokutetsu yonsenkiro no tabi: shasō fūkei kanzen kiroku. Tokyo: Bungeisha. ISBN 978-4-286-13041-5.
- ^ a b "Takalin". Japanse Krijgsgevangenkampen (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Tha Kilen". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.