Hua Lamphong railway station
Bangkok railway station is a railway station in Pathum Wan, the former central passenger terminal in Bangkok and the former railway hub of Thailand. It is in the center of the city in the Pathum Wan district, and is operated by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). Long distance trains moved to the new central station at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal in 2023.
Hua Lamphong railway station
Bangkok railway station before 1970
A sign protesting the station closure reads ""Stop destroying [Thai] rail history. Cancel the closure of Hua Lamphong [station]. #SAVE Hua Lamphong" at Nakhon Lampang station
JNR Class C56 16 (SRT 714) Preserved in the Bangkok Railway Station
Pathum Wan is one of the fifty districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when royal villas were built there in the late nineteenth century. The district was officially established in 1915, and covers an area of 8.37 square kilometres (3.23 sq mi). A large part of the district area is taken up by the campus of Chulalongkorn University and the green expanses of Lumphini Park and the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. By the turn of the 20th–21st centuries, the district had become known as the modern-day city centre, home to the prominent shopping areas of Siam and Ratchaprasong.
The Siam area, with Siam Square in the foreground
Windsor Palace, which stood from 1884 to 1935, occupied extensive grounds in what is now Wang Mai Subdistrict.
The campus of Chulalongkorn University and the Royal Bangkok Sports Club form open spaces against the backdrop of Ratchadamri skyscrapers (background, right).
Wat Pathum Wanaram forms an oasis of tranquillity flanked by the Siam Paragon (in back) and CentralWorld (not shown) shopping malls.