Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi

Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi (Thai: น้ำตกไทรโยคน้อย, lit. 'small Sai Yok waterfall') is a small town (thesaban tambon) in Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, along the route of the Death Railway linking Thailand with Burma. It is named after Sai Yok Noi Waterfall of Sai Yok National Park

Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi railway halt

After the war most of the railway was dismantled, leaving Nam Tok at the terminus. In 2003 the 1.4 km from Nam Tok station to Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi was reopened for easier access to the nearby Sai Yok waterfall. However, as Sai Yok Noi is a single-platform terminus with no run-round loop, the line is only used by diesel multiple units. The only services to use the extension are trains 909/910 which run an excursion to the waterfall from Bangkok each Saturday and Sunday. All other trains terminate at Nam Tok railway station located about 1 kilometre away.

Work to build a Trans-Asian rail linking eight countries in southeast Asia, which would restore the wartime railway to use, has not yet materialised.

History

The sanitary district (sukhaphiban) was created in 1971.[1] It was upgraded to a township (thesaban tambon) in May 1999, when all of the sanitary districts were upgraded. As of 2005, the town had a population of 3,091 and covered an area of 4.4 km² of subdistrict (tambon) Tha Sao.

References

ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลน้ำตกไทรโยคน้อย อำเภอไทรโยค จังหวัดกาญจนบุรี (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 88 (123 ง): 3213–3214. November 16, 1971.

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[1] ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลน้ำตกไทรโยคน้อย อำเภอไทรโยค จังหวัดกาญจนบุรี (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 88 (123 ง): 3213–3214. November 16, 1971.