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 The Chao Phraya River is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Etymology Written evidence of the river being referred to by the ...

located at the Siriraj Subdistrict, Bangkok Noi district in the area adjacent

Siriraj Hospital Siriraj Hospital (; ) is the oldest and largest public hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, opposite Thammasat University's Tha Phrachan campus. It is the primary teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine S ...

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 The Chao Phraya Express Boat ( ''Ruea Duan Chao Phraya'') is a transportation service in Thailand operating on the Chao Phraya River. It provides riverine express transportation between stops in the capital city of Bangkok and to Nonthaburi Pro ...

, 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 Sanam Luang (, ; ), officially Thong Sanam Luang (), is a open field and public square in front of Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Sanam Luang is in the Phra Nakhon District, the historic center of Bangkok. In the ''Roy ...

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 Wat Pho (, ), also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhism, Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Grand Palace. Known also as the Temp ...

etc. In the morning

rush hour A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English, Indian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice e ...

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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