Hua Hin railway station is a

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located in Hua Hin Subdistrict,

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Province, and is located from

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and 850 m (0.5 mi) from the beach. It is a class 1 railway station on the Su-ngai Kolok Main Line of the Southern Line. On the premises, there is an old 305 Unit

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steam locomotive on display. Hua Hin Station has been considered to be the most beautiful station in Thailand. Therefore, it is popular as a

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and a photo spot of Hua Hin for visitors.

History

The Southern Line third phase between Cha-am Station to Hua Hin opened in November 1911, and the line continued to Wang Phong Station in January 1914. The original station building was built in 1910, and rebuilt in 1926, by Prince

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(former commander of the Royal State Railways of Siam) to the current

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building today. The design was taken from the planned Siam Rat Museum Expo, intended to be built in 1925 at Lumphini Park, but was never built due to the death of King

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and the cancellation of the expo by King

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. In 1967, Colonel Saeng Chulacharit (former minister of the State Railway of Thailand) coordinated the relocation of the Sanam Chandra Palace Railway Pavilion from Sanam Chandra Palace, to Hua Hin and it was renamed to "Phramongkutklao Pavilion". It is one of the main attractions at the station. Hua Hin station was reconstructed as an elevated station as part of the double-tracking project of the Southern Line. It opened on 11 December 2023. The former station and Phramongkutklao pavilion will be preserved and maintained as a historic building by the

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Station layout

Gallery

File:Hua Hin Railway Station 20240113 12.jpg, Platforms equipped with elevators File:SRT locomotive 4524 at Hua Hin Railway Station.jpg, Train at the station File:Hua Hin Railway Station 20240113 11.jpg, View of the current and former stations File:Hua Hin Railway Station Thailand.JPG, Phramongkutklao Pavilion File:Hua Hin Railway Station (12250104253).jpg, Phramongkutklao Pavilion with station signage File:Hua Hin railway station 4.jpg, Former at-grade station platforms File:Hua Hin Station - 2017-04-14 (028).jpg, Former ticket office File:Hua Hin Station - 2017-04-14 (019).jpg, Former station facade

Sources

* * * * * รายงานประจำปี กรมรถไฟหลวง พ.ศ. 2469 oyal State Railways Annual Report 1926

References

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