Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station – touted as Southeast Asia’s most modern rail terminus – opened with little fanfare last year as COVID-19 dominated headlines. Its role as the national rail hub has also been delayed by well over a year.

 

However, the pandemic also made Bang Sue Grand Station a household word among Thais. Hundreds of thousands flocked to the station between May 2021 and September this year to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus. Bang Sue served as the city’s main vaccination center, delivering more than 6 million shots over 16 months.

 

Now that the infection rate has fallen and a central vaccination center is no longer necessary, Bang Sue Grand Station can go back to its original job – serving as a railway hub.

 

Bangkok’s new central station

 

From January next year, all commercial trains will switch from the old Bangkok station of Hua Lamphong to Bang Sue, explained Nirut Maneephan, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/bang-sue-grand-station-thailands-new-rail-hub-finally-ready-to-roll/

 

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From January next year, all commercial trains will switch from the old Bangkok station of Hua Lamphong to Bang Sue,

Poor reporting by Thai PBS who normally do a good job. This is incorrect as Eastern lines services will still continue to operate from HL as will suburban services for at least the next 5 years.

A few ordinary (the really slow ones) inter-city services will also continue to operate from HL too,

Let's see how well Bangsue Station transitions to a full scale train and MRT/BTS  hub and whether the local areas benefit at all from increased numbers of people in transit. 

Traffic jams. More traffic jams ????

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Now that the infection rate has fallen and a central vaccination center is no longer necessary,

That might be reversed as the new strain is e hospital admissions rise again.