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The tram line was separated into two ticketing sections, one between Tha Pho Market and Si
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Songkhram Road and terminated at Tha Pho Market near the Lopburi City Pillar Shrine. This resulted in a disputed total route length of 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi), or 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) according to some sources.
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Lopburi remaining are in the U Rotrang Kao (Former Tram Depot) community, located near Erawan Intersection.
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Initially, the line started behind Si Sunthon Roundabout (
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19:Lopburi tramway system
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249:Prang Khaek
138:āļĢāļāļĢāļēāļāļĨāļāļāļļāļĢāļĩ
106:metre gauge
100:Track gauge
25:āļĢāļāļĢāļēāļāļĨāļāļāļļāļĢāļĩ
797:Categories
688:Chiang Mai
653:Light rail
296:References
211:Operations
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112:Statistics
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256:Ticketing
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269:See also
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150:Thailand
132:system (
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84:Owner(s)
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681:Lopburi
637:Pattaya
629:Hat Yai
196:Decline
160:History
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