Hua Hin Railway Station

Hua Hin became a royal resort in the 1920s when Rama VI and Rama VII built summer palaces here and the railway from Bangkok made it reachable, and the station was rebuilt in 1926 in the Thai style the era favoured for public buildings - timber, red and cream paint, carved bargeboards and a covered platform. Beside the platform stands the Royal Waiting Room, a small ornate pavilion originally built at Sanam Chan Palace in Nakhon Pathom for Rama VI and moved here, which is the building on every photograph of the station. Trains no longer use its platform: an elevated station built beside it for the double-tracked southern line opened on 11 December 2023, and the old building and the pavilion are kept as a historic building. The visit is fifteen or twenty minutes unless you are catching a train. The elevated line and its new station now stand beside it.

Highlights

• The Royal Waiting Room - the ornate pavilion moved here from Sanam Chan.
• The 1926 station - red and cream timber with carved detailing.
• The old platform - out of use since the elevated station opened in December 2023.
• The resort history - the railway that made Hua Hin a royal retreat.

When to go

November to February. Any time of day; it takes fifteen to twenty minutes. Southern line construction has affected the surroundings at times.

Good to know

It is one building and a platform - a short stop, not a visit. Trains now stop at the elevated station next door, opened in December 2023; the old building is kept as a historic building.

Nearby

Hua Hin town centre and the night market are a short walk; Khao Takiab is south.

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