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dirtydog · 06-12-2007, 11:05 AM

Hua Lamphong is Bangkoks main train station, it is all no smoking now

it connects up to the MRT so that is pretty handy, apart from that it is pretty boring, well unless you got a train to catch.

Inside is places like starbucks and KFC, also has your traditional Thai snacks and meals.

dirtydog · 06-12-2007, 11:09 AM

Here is a picture of the platforms with trains waiting to leave for other places.

The stained glass is supposedly a great feature of this railway station, looked pretty crap and tame to me, no baby Jesus or any designs like that on it.

This looks like a homemade high pressure washer the Thai guy is washing the train with, don't see erm like that back in the UK.

sabang · 06-12-2007, 11:47 AM

I'm quite looking forward to catching the train to Bkk from Pattaya for a change. Due to go on the 23rd December.

terry57 · 06-12-2007, 06:42 PM

Thats good news that they got that train up and running, not that I go there but you never no as soi 6 sounds fun.

Anyway, the restaurant in the train station has a great stall selling Indian food and its in the back left hand corner as you enter.

Give it a crack.

Wayne Kerr · 08-12-2007, 11:13 PM

WHAT! No pics of the action in the adjacent sois

???

Mid · 08-12-2007, 11:29 PM

^

Bangkok Market

kingwilly · 09-12-2007, 10:50 AM

i think i went there once, when i was backpacking around asia years ago.

cimboc · 09-12-2007, 11:09 AM

First time we ever went to Hua Hin from Bangkok was on the train. It was awesome seeing the country side in a different way.

MeMock · 13-12-2007, 10:22 AM

I almost missed a train there once.

Went to the toilet and while having a wizz my wife calls me (she is on the train) and says they are leaving.

I zip up and take off and have to run almost 200 metres jumping over everyones bags, dodging kids etc to jump on.

cimboc · 14-12-2007, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeMock

I almost missed a train there once.

Went to the toilet and while having a wizz my wife calls me (she is on the train) and says they are leaving.

I zip up and take off and have to run almost 200 metres jumping over everyones bags, dodging kids etc to jump on.

You sure she didn't pay the train driver a few hundred baht to get him to take off early

qwert6 · 20-06-2009, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeMock

I almost missed a train there once.

Went to the toilet and while having a wizz my wife calls me (she is on the train) and says they are leaving.

I zip up and take off and have to run almost 200 metres jumping over everyones bags, dodging kids etc to jump on.

What is the past tense for wizz? Because if I'd run 200 metres I'm sure I'd been weazon.

peterpan · 13-12-2007, 07:49 PM

^ Take you a while to find it and get it out memers, or did you decide to have a bit of a play while you could get hold of it

MeMock · 14-12-2007, 02:25 AM

Hehe, nah had already had a couple of beers while waiting for the train so it took a while to drain!

06-12-2007, 06:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
terry57 Thailand Forum Last Online: 15-11-2009 10:44 AM Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: perth and bangkok Posts: 4,220	Thats good news that they got that train up and running, not that I go there but you never no as soi 6 sounds fun. Anyway, the restaurant in the train station has a great stall selling Indian food and its in the back left hand corner as you enter. Give it a crack. __________________ saving life and property in the city of perth.

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MeMock Marmers is God Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Emerald triangle Posts: 9,741	I almost missed a train there once. Went to the toilet and while having a wizz my wife calls me (she is on the train) and says they are leaving. I zip up and take off and have to run almost 200 metres jumping over everyones bags, dodging kids etc to jump on. __________________ News is what someone, somewhere is trying to suppress - everything else is just advertising.

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06-12-2007, 11:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
sabang Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 04:34 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where the streets have no name Posts: 11,566	I'm quite looking forward to catching the train to Bkk from Pattaya for a change. Due to go on the 23rd December.

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Wayne Kerr Hifaluten Member Last Online: Today 04:53 PM Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fiji Islands Posts: 2,670	WHAT! No pics of the action in the adjacent sois ???

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kingwilly Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 33,727	i think i went there once, when i was backpacking around asia years ago.

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cimboc Phatthalung Last Online: 07-11-2009 03:37 PM Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Khlongsan Posts: 661	First time we ever went to Hua Hin from Bangkok was on the train. It was awesome seeing the country side in a different way.

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peterpan Limp member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pleasantville Posts: 6,051	^ Take you a while to find it and get it out memers, or did you decide to have a bit of a play while you could get hold of it

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MeMock Marmers is God Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Emerald triangle Posts: 9,741	Hehe, nah had already had a couple of beers while waiting for the train so it took a while to drain!

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