"Hualamphong Train Station" SRT Trains Tip by xuessium

You will be likely be here if you are connecting to points outside Bangkok. The sheer mass of swirling ghostly figures is mind-boggling astounding.

The place is air-conned, but you don't really feel it when you're inside. Yet when you stepped out, you know something is amissed.

The whispering smell of fried food hung in the air, invading everyone senses sub-consciously. People hung around the departure waiting hall, invading everyone's senses consciously as they watch each other's time ticked by.

The station to its credit is spacious and bright and you can locate the ticketing stations easily. There are eateries, a cafe (Black Canyon Coffee is here) and stalls selling snacks and food, as well as bookstores and newspaper vendors. The perfunctory tour agencies are present as well. There is even a small mart and a small bakery (outside) for folks wanting to load up on groceries.

Showers are available for a price...in grimey but large washrooms. Don't look down but the floor of the men's shower room/toilet appeared permanent soaked with grime but hey good news, the taps are working.

There is also luggage storing services tucked at the far end of the station where a groaning army of bags and backpacks await the return of their owners.

There are at least 12 (or 14?) platforms, with more snack stalls on each platform to help you spend your money while you wait for your train.

Find your way to the train station by every means you can employ.
Take a taxi. Take a tuk-tuk. Take the subway. Take the bus. Walk. But no Skytrain.

This is also the terminal stop for the superiorly more luxurious Far East Oriental Express Train, originating from Singapore, having wormed it's way through the stomach of peninsula West Malaysia.

Mode: AROUND
Type: Train