Bang Sue Grand Station


Bang Sue Grand Station in Chatuchak, Bangkok, will be Thailand's new railway hub. It will replace the existing Bangkok Railway Station as the terminus for all long-distance rail services from Bangkok. The station is under construction and is expected to open in June 2021. When built it will replace the existing Bang Sue Junction Railway Station and incorporate the Bang Sue MRT Station.
Bang Sue will be the largest railway station in Southeast Asia, with 26 platforms—some 600 metres long. The station will offer 274,192 m2 of usable floor space. The 15 billion baht station is being built on 2,325 rai of SRT-owned land and will have maintenance depots for both diesel and electric trains. An elevated walkway will connect the station to the new Mo Chit Bus Terminal.

History

In 2010 under the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Ministry of Transport decided to move the Bangkok Railway Station to the area of Bang Sue Junction Railway Station to be the center of the rail transport system. In 2013, work on the station started with a contract signing by the State Railway of Thailand, Sino-Thai Engineering Construction PCL, and Unique Construction and Engineering PCL for the Red Line suburban railway system project consisting of civil work for Bang Sue Grand Station and a maintenance center. Bang Sue construction started construction in mid-2013 and is to be opened in January 2021.
the station was 50 percent completed. The Red Line service from Bang Sue to Rangsit was expected to be operational in November 2019. In September 2018, SRT delayed opening the Red Line to January 2021.

Layout

The station will have four floors, three above, and one below ground:
  1. Underground floor: Bang Sue MRT Station, on the MRT Blue Line station, and parking for 1,624 vehicles.
  2. Ground floor: Station concourse with ticketing and waiting areas. This will be the only air-conditioned area in the station.
  3. Second floor: Train platforms with 12 tracks. Eight tracks will serve long-distance diesel trains. Four tracks will serve SRT Red Dark and Light Red Line commuter trains.
  4. Third floor: High–speed railway platforms with 10 tracks. Four tracks will serve the Airport Rail Link and the Don Mueang–Suvarnabhumi–U-Tapao high-speed railway linking Don Mueang International Airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport and U-Tapao International Airport. Six tracks are reserved for future high-speed rail connections to Nong Khai, Hua Hin and Chiang Mai.
Also planned is a 186,030 m2 memorial site to King Rama V, known as the "father of Thai railroads", although this is expected to open after the station itself.

Buses connection