All aboard! Celebrate a century of Hua Lamphong Saturday

All aboard! Celebrate a century of Hua Lamphong Saturday
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter



BANGKOK — Some say it’s name today came from a bastardization of “field of carefree cows” in Thai or the lamphong plants which once grew there. Others point to its signature windowed arch and resemblance to Frankfurt’s rail station, insisting it’s a sound-alike for Hauptbahnhof, or central train station in German.

Though why the Bangkok Railway Station became known as Hua Lamphong has been forgotten 100 years after the first train left its platform, Thailand’s oldest railway station is still going strong, and the city will throw it a birthday party this Saturday.

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-- Khaosod English 2016-06-23