"Hua Lamphong"

More than 500 current and former State Railway of Thailand (SRT) employees will gather at Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong Station on Tuesday afternoon to protest against the Transport Ministry’s decision to close the station from December 23.

Bangkokians flocked to Hua Lamphong Station on Sunday to take photographs of the historic Pacific steam locomotives No 824 and 850 as they pick up passengers for a special trip to Ayutthaya.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) announced on Saturday that Bangkok’s iconic Hua Lamphong train station will not be demolished or closed for service.

A city traffic expert said on Thursday that the decision to close Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong Railway Station is unwise and opposed to by most commuters.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) recently planned to convert Hua Lamphong Station into a commercial area in line with Transport Ministrys policy to promote Bang Sue Grand Station as a new railway hub in Bangkok.

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob listed all the reasons why trains, especially long-distance ones, will only be stopping at Bang Sue Grand Station from Tuesday.

Plan for trains to chug past Hualamphong from Tuesday angers Bangkok commuters

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Wednesday attended an online meeting with ministry’s executives to follow up on the progress of area development plan of the Bangkok Railway Station, also known as Hual Lamphong, as well as the areas along the Bang Sue – Hua Lamphong train route.

Faculty members of Chula’s Faculty of Education collaborate with academicians from four academic institutions to research the future of “Hua Lamphong” as a creative space to preserve the history and culture linking the old town and the new commercial district, after the railway hub moved to Bang Sue Central Station.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has been told to study operations of the Red Line urban train running to and from Bangkok Railway Station (Hua Lamphong) to determine the appropriate number of trains and necessary routes to be provided for commuters during the transfer of train operation from Hua Lamphong Station to Bang Sue Grand Station.

State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has the cleaners working overtime at Bangkok’s main railway terminus, Hua Lamphong Station, out of concern over the Covid-19 virus.

IN A BID to prevent homeless people from sleeping inside Hua Lamphong train station at night, the State Railway Authority (SRT) last week strictly enforced an order to close the railway hub for three and a half hours.