Trains from Nakhon Sawan to Lamphun

By train the journey from Nakhon Sawan to Lamphun is scheduled to take from 7 to 9 hours depending upon which train service you take.

Train Times from Nakhon Sawan to Lamphun

There are currently 5 long distance train services a day from Nakhon Sawan to Lamphun.

• Fastest Train: The fastest service from Nakhon Sawan to Lamphun is Train #7, departing at 10:19, which is scheduled to complete the journey from Nakhon Sawan to Lamphun in 7 hours 12 minutes.
• Slowest Train: The slowest service from Nakhon Sawan to Lamphun is Train #109, departing at 18:22 and scheduled to arrive in Chiang Mai 9 hours 18 minutes later.

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Location of Lamphun Railway Station

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About Travel to Lamphun

Lamphun, located just 22 km by train to the south of Chiang Mai, is a small town with a long and interesting history. Not so many foreign visitors come to Lamphun, and fewer stay there overnight, it does however attract fairly large numbers of Thai visitors.

Wat Phra That Hariphunchai

Lamphun’s main visitor attraction is Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, which is by far the town’s largest Buddhist temple.

Founded in the middle of the 12th Century and significantly renovated during the 15th Century, Wat Phra Haripunchai is one of Thailand’s most significant temples. One of the significant things about the temple is its association with the ancient Kingdom of Haripunchai which was established in the 7th Century.

The Kingdom of Haripunchai was founded by one of Thailand’s greatest folk heroes, Queen Chammathewi. According to legend Queen Chammathewi was taken from her family shortly after birth by a large bird who dropped her in a remote mountainous area. After being raised by a hermit, she was then sent by raft down the river at the age of 13 to be adopted by the King and Queen of a neighbouring kingdom. About a decade later, she was then asked by the two monks credited with founding Lamphun, to come and be the town’s new queen.

Phra Maha That Chedi

The most striking feature of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai is the Phra Maha That Chedi, which is a 46 metres tall spire covered in copper plates painted gold. The chedi was built in the 15th Century in the style Lanna style associated with Chiang Mai. The chedi is believed to have built on top of a much earlier chedi, possibly built in the 9th Century, which enshrined a holy relic.

The image of this huge chedi has featured on the reverse side of 1 baht coins and is well known in Thailand.

Suwanna Chedi

Also 46 metres high, the Suwanna Chedi is the second most recognisable feature of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai.

The Suwanna Chedi is very different in style to the Phra Maha That Chedi. The chedi, built in the early 15th Century, has been designed to look similar to the very distinctive style of architecture used in the earlier Kingdom of Haripuchani, which was itself part of the ancient Dvaravati culture. The Dvaravati culture was heavily influenced by India and Buddhism and very influential in the early development of Thailand, although very few remnants of it now exist.

The Suwanna Chedi is square, rising in five levels each narrower than the one below. On all four sides of each level of the chedi is a row of three niches, each of which originally contained a statue of the Lord Buddha. At the very top is a longer narrower spire covered in gold.

Wat Chammathewi

Lamphun has a second historically important temple, Wat Chammathewi, which is even more closely associated with the legend of Queen Chammathewi than Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, although it attracts far fewer visitors. Wat Chammathewi is believed to have been founded in the mid 8th Century by the sons of Queen Chammathewi as her last resting place.

The temple has two chedi of a similar style to the Suwanna Chedi at Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, one of which has survived intact. The chedi which remains standing is the 21 metres tall Suwan Chang Kot Chedi inside which the ashes of Wat Chammathewi are believed to be entombed. Like the Suwanna Chedi, the Suwan Chang Kot Chedi has five levels with three niches on each of the four sides of the structure.

The second chedi at Wat Chammathewi is the Ratana Chedi. The Ratana Chedi is octagonal shaped rather than square, with only one larger niche on each of the eight sides of the structure. Unfortunately, only the first level of the Ratana Chedi remains. The rest of the structure has collapsed.

Other Attractions in Lamphun

Other than Wat Phra That Hariphunchai and Wat Chammathewi, Lamphun has two further tourist attractions.

The first of these attractions is a reconstruction of the Nang Gate, which was once part of the defensive wall that surrounded Lumphun. Much like the defensive wall in Chiang Mai, the defensive wall in Lamphun has almost completely disappeared with the stone most likely having been removed over time for use in other building projects.

Lamphun’s other visit attraction is the Phra Nang Chamathewi Monument. The monument is the main place Thai people come to remember Queen Chamathewi. The monument was opened in 1982 by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun which for many Thai people adds to its significance.