webfact Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Hua Hin high speed rail: Plans to have the station downtown Picture: New TV Thai media has reported that plans to have the Hua Hin high speed railway station out of town have been shelved. The idea is now to put the station close to the town center for the convenience of tourists and visitors. Station master Prasong Komuk revealed to New TV a conversation with communications' minister Arkhom Termphitayaphaisit in which he said that plans for a station seven kilometers south of the town in Ban Nong Kae were now off. The new station would be constructed near the site of the current one. Picture: New TV The idea appeared to be to move the current station 225 meters south but retain its iconic architecture that is popular with visitors. Meanwhile the new station will be part of an elevated section. INN reported that the minister confirmed changes to the plans for the 33 billion baht railway that will run between Nakorn Pathom and Chumpon. Sources: New TV, INN -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-08-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 3 hours ago, webfact said: Thai media has reported that plans to have the Hua Hin high speed railway station out of town have been shelved. The only thing 'high speed' about this bullshit express #1 are the fast-talking bureaucrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Where the station in Pattaya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said: Where the station in Pattaya? The current one? Railway road heading north before you get to the Highway 7 turnoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Destiny1990 said: Where the station in Pattaya? railway that will run between Nakorn Pathom and Chumpon. Am I missing something? Nakhon pathom is about an hour west of Bkk while Chumpon is down in the south... a good idea for a fast rail link which at the moment is lacking in speed.. Where does Pattaya come into this conversation?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 That was an artist's impression of Hua Hin Station a while ago. The current station is in the bottom right corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhinhh Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Hope they are thinking about proper road access and parking to avoid a new chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, hhinhh said: Hope they are thinking about proper road access and parking to avoid a new chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredandhappyhere Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 4 hours ago, hhinhh said: Hope they are thinking about proper road access and parking to avoid a new chaos. Now you are just being greedy! Expect too much and you are bound to be disappointed. I do wonder what the old station buildings will be used for. Retaining the iconic" old station building is admirable, but it surely must be used for something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceKadet Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Nakhon Pathom? What is there? And then you still need some local transport to get to Bangkok proper. I thought they were building a new central train station for Bangkok at Bang Sue Junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifric Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hotchilli - all I can think of is that Nakorn Pathom is on the southern line and a link to the eastern line without interchange in Bangkok might be feasible, attractive and possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastrider Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hmmmm..like to see the drawing of where the train tracks go under the fly-over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athens Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Fantastic, hope we get a fast trak to Huahin Airport and to Suwarmab. TAT must do more to get turists to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgy Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Fantastic, hope we get a fast trak to Huahin Airport and to Suwarmab. TAT must do more to get turists to the area.We??? I doubt. Most probably your grandkids might see .Furthermore I cannot see any need for more tourists here. Already too many Farangs in HH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Why not extend the express rail line to Nigeria, for a fast track African Express from Lagos direct to HH, via BKK ? Quality tourists would love the convenience !...and so would the Hon. Mr Big Joke ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 hour ago, observer90210 said: Why not extend the express rail line to Nigeria, for a fast track African Express from Lagos direct to HH, via BKK ? Quality tourists would love the convenience !...and so would the Hon. Mr Big Joke ! Maybe they would, but it's a long way from Lagos just to use the toilets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Adal Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nong38 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 It certainly would be convenient to have the new station near to where people are, buffaloes, snakes and monkeys are not really interested in going to Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petergliddon Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Here is my opinion regarding the high-speed train... it's an opinion and everyone has their own opinion, right? The New High-Speed Train Project – Bangkok to Hua Hin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceKadet Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 My house is 500m from the Southern Railroad line. They started clearing the land for the new hi speed train. Soon in Chumphon.... Does anybody have a link for the hi speed train project? Would be nice to see where the planned stops will be. But I am also curious; why from Nakhorn Pathom? How do you get to Bangkok proper, or the airport for that matter, from there? And why to Chumphon only? I would expect Surat Thani at least, or really Hat Yai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 How do you get to Bangkok proper, or the airport for that matter, from there?By Rickshaw version 4.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, johng said: By Rickshaw version 4.0. Can Rick get a word permit to do that now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Can Rick get a word permit to do that now? LOL, maybe but probably not [emoji14] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Improved transport is to get all the BKK hiso to their new condos in HH. And there are a lot of new condos! It will be great for the local economy, but will raise prices a bit for all of us. I do worry about the traffic. New traffic circles notwithstanding, I am not sure the roads are ready for increased passenger volumes going on and off the rail lines and all the car traffic that involves. We'll see what happens. Any word on when the new rail line will open? Construction is certainly underway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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