Homeless may benefit from SRT move, but the station will need work 

The joint efforts by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, aimed at tackling the problem of homeless people and beggars using the railway station to stay overnight, are commendable. These efforts also aim to elevate the standard of the station to international level. 
On the issue of homeless people, this new measure might seem to make it more difficult in terms of finding a new shelter for them to survive. But, in fact, their problems are likely to be resolved and get better care, whether medical treatment if they are sick, getting back to a home after abandonment, developing skills to find a job, or living safely in a social work foundation
However, in an attempt to prevent homeless people from sleeping at night inside Hua Lamphong Railway Station, it still appears that passengers waiting to catch pre-dawn trains will be allowed to wait outside on the sidewalks and on footpaths in front of the station. This order, although a good move, won’t work at all if remaining passengers end up sleeping in disorderly and unsightly surroundings amid lots of mosquitoes, hot weather and cars running nearby.
To elevate Hua Lamphong – the country’s most important railway station – to international standard, railway police will be deployed 24 hours to ensure security. But they might need to renovate largely and systematically so there is a waiting zone, as well as nice and adequate facilities. A workable design in narrow space at the front of railway station by professionals is also essential to give visitors a good first impression of trains starting from the capital to around the country. 
Sutipunt Bongsununt