Prannok Pier, also known as the Siriraj Pier or Wang Lang Pier () with designated pier number N10, is a pier on the
Chao Phraya River located at the
Siriraj Subdistrict,
Bangkok Noi district in the area adjacent
Siriraj Hospital and
Wang Lang Market
250px, Sushi shop within the market
Wang Lang Market (, , ) is a daily market in Bangkok Noi district next to Chao Phraya river.
The name "Wang Lang" means '' rear palace''. In the early Rattanakosin period in the reign of King Rama I, it was ...
.
Description
Prannok Pier is in the middle between
Tha Chang (N9) and
Thonburi Railway Station Piers (N11). It is divided into two piers are Prannok, which is the pier for
Chao Phraya Express Boat, that runs between Bangkok and the north ends in
Nonthaburi Province, and Tha Wang Lang or Wang Lang Pier is a ferry pier that leads to important places on the Phra Nakhon side such as
Tha Prachan,
Thammasat University
Thammasat University (TU; ; , ) is a public university, public research university in Thailand with campuses in the Tha Phra Chan area of Bangkok, Rangsit, Pattaya and Lampang Province. , Thammasat University has over 39,000 students enrolled in ...
,
Sanam Luang,
Grand Palace
The Grand Palace (, Royal Institute of Thailand. (2011). ''How to read and how to write.'' (20th Edition). Bangkok: Royal Institute of Thailand. . ) is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. The palace has been the officia ...
and
Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Kaew (, , ), commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Wat, Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex consists of a number of buildings ...
,
Wat Pho etc.
In the morning
rush hour of June 14, 1995, there was a fatal accident at the pier when the
pontoon collapsed under the weight of passengers. There were 29 deaths, many of them young students.
Gallery
File:ศาลาท่าน้ำ โรงพยาบาลศิริราช เขตบางกอกน้อย กรุงเทพมหานคร (2).jpg, Siriraj Hospital Pier is an adjacent pier built with beautiful architecture, normally it is not open for boats to be docked like other piers
References
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Chao Phraya Express Boat piers
Bangkok Noi district
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