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Photographer’s Guide to Bangkok: Hualamphong Station

Hualamphong Railway Station
(Bangkok Grand Central Terminal Railway Station)

Hualamphong is Bangkok’s main railway station, serving south, east, north and north-east Thailand.

Location: Pathuam Wan
Opening Times for Advanced Booking Office: 8:30am to 4pm (Same day travel: 5am – 8:30am and 4pm – 11pm)
Getting there: Take the MRT underground service to the terminal Hualamphong station, enter the main station concourse at ground level
Services: Luggage storage, restaurants, cafes, food court, shower room
Contact: Telephone – +66 (0)2 220 4334

Advice for photographers: The large, airy concourse provides a colourful location for photography and there will be plenty of life here at all times of day as passengers wait patiently for their trains. The platforms can be accessed without a ticket and there are opportunities for candid photographs.

Best time: At dusk, when the impressive facade is floodlit, there are opportunities for long-exposure shots revealing light trails from passing traffic. Remember your tripod and remote release! Inside the station, the artificial lights that illuminate the platforms after dark can provide interesting effects and more opportunities for long exposures.

Traffic light trails outside the front entrance to Hualamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand (Gavin Gough)

A train waiting on platform three of Hualampong Railway Station, Bangkok, Thailand (Lesley Fisher/Gavin Gough)

The colourful concourse at Hualamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand (Gavin Gough) A family waiting for a train to depart from Hualamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand (Gavin Gough)

Seating for waiting passengers in the concourse at Hualamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand (Lesley Fisher/Gavin Gough)

A small extract from the forthcoming “Photographer’s Guide to Bangkok”. Available shortly!

Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 7:52 pm. Filed under: Blog, My work Tags: , RSS 2.0 feed.

3 Responses to “Photographer’s Guide to Bangkok: Hualamphong Station”

  1. JJ Wright says:
    August 5, 2010 at 6:23 am

    I hadn’t heard of this location. There is a lot of potential shots here. Thanks for the insight Gavin.

  2. Sean says:
    August 6, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    This will come in very handy when I finally get around to visiting Bangkok. Good stuff.

  3. IPrahin says:
    August 14, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    Best shots of this location that I’ve seen.