Khun Tan railway station

Khun Tan railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line located in Lamphun Province, Thailand. It is operated by the State Railway of Thailand, and is 683.14 km (424.5 mi) from Bangkok railway station. Khun Tan Railway Station is in the Tha Pladuk Subdistrict, Mae Tha District.

Khun Tan ขุนตาน
General information
Location	Tha Pladuk Subdistrict, Mae Tha District, Lamphun Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Northern Line
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	ขน.
Services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station Mae Tan Noi towards Hua Lamphong or Krung Thep Aphiwat Northern Line Tha Chomphu towards Chiang Mai
Location

Khun Tan is the highest railway station in Thailand, at 578 metres (1,896 ft 4 in) above sea level. Around the railway station is the entrance Doi Khuntan National Park, which has bungalows run by the State Railway of Thailand, for visitors' use as well.

Khun Tan Tunnel

Khun Tan Tunnel

Main article: Khun Tan Tunnel

Two hundred metres south of Khun Tan Railway Station is the Khun Tan Tunnel. It is the longest railway tunnel in Thailand, at 1,352.1 metres (4,436 ft 0 in) in length. Construction took 11 years at a cost of 1.3 million baht. It was finished in 1918.