The Role of Railway Business in Tha Ruea District, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, during 1897-1947

Abstract

This article was intended to study railway operations in Tha Ruea District, Ayutthaya Province. It was found that the district of Tha Ruea has a long history of railway operations. From the beginning of the Northern Highway service in 1901, which separated from the junction of Ban Pachi, through the Chakri Bridge, a railway bridge over the Pasak River. There is also a private railway line, the Phra Phutthabat tramway, which provides routes between Tha Ruea and Wat Phra Phutthabat districts, Saraburi province The railway business has resulted in changes in the district of Tha Ruea, refects the social conditions, transportation and the way of life as flourish period of railway business, such as the arrival of chinese people in the port district. The used of trains as a travel vehicle during the Worship Festival of Phra Bat is a substitute for walking. The king's presence on the railways and the sale of agricultural goods on the railway and the railway business in the port district. In the post-World War II period, there was a greater popularity of road transport than the railway system and the Railways was worse off so they closed it down. At present, the port district remains only the Northern Railway.