Hua Hin Railway Station is one of
oldest train stations in Thailand with a unique architecture. Its most striking
feature is the royal waiting room constructed in the jaturamuk (จตุรมุข) style,
an architectural style in which a building has four gable ends or four
entrances, sometimes with each one pointed to a direction of the compass.
Originally, during the reign of King Wachirawut (วชิราวุธ), i.e. Rama VI, it was
part of the Sanam Chan (สนามจันทร์) Palace in Nakhon Pathom (นครปฐม) province, a
888 rai domain of buildings in built in 1907 by Wachirawut (Vajiravudh) when he
was Crown Prince. In 1968, the waiting room, then called Sanam Chandra Palace
Railway Pavilion to Hua Hin to become the royal waiting room at the local train
station and was renamed Phra Mongkut Klao (พระมงกุฎเกล้า) Pavilion, after
another name used for King Rama VI. The original station building was built in
1910 and opened service in November 1911 with the third phase of the Southern
Line between Cha-am (ชะอำ) and Hua Hin, which in January 1914 was extended
further southward to Wang Phong (วังก์พง). In 1926, the Hua Hin train station
was rebuilt by Prince Burachat Chaiyakon (บุรฉัตรไชยากร) to the current
Victorian building still in use. However, construction of a new elevated dual
track railway and associated station is currently in progress and can be seen on
the background in this video.
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