Sam Sen railway station
railway station in Bangkok, Thailand
Sam Sen railway station (Thai: สถานีรถไฟสามเสน) is a railway station in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Owned by the State Railway of Thailand, it is served by the Northern, Northeastern and Southern lines.
Sam Sen station is a Class 1 Station, number code: 1004, English alphabet code: SSN. There are two platforms. Platform 1 is for trains heading to further destinations along the routes. Platform 2 is for trains heading back to Bangkok railway station. It is 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) from Bangkok Station. Eighty-six trains serve this station daily including a few excursion trains to Nam Tok and Suan Son Pradipat and some special trains.
Location
Although Sam Sen road does not pass through the area, Sam Sen station takes its name from its position between the Sam Sen side (in Dusit district) and the Phaya Thai side, where Phaya Thai sub-district lies near the Khlong Prapa.
History
Sam Sen station has been in operation since 1896, the very first year of railway service in Thailand, making it one of the country's earliest railway stations. The original station building was mushroom-shaped, remarkable for its distinctive and elegant design, but was later demolished to make way for the Hopewell Project (BERTS) in the 1990s.
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