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How to fix Makkasan Station, Bangkok’s failed City Air Terminal

June 25, 2024 By James Clark 3 Comments

Makkasan Station is a station on the Airport Rail Link (ARL) connecting central Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi Airport. It’s a grand station from the outside, but on the inside it’s a ghost town. [City Air Terminal at Makkasan Station, now off-limits to passengers.] The station was built with check-in counters for flights, so you could check-in […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Railways Tagged With: bangkok, makkasan, railway station, thailand

Makkasan Train Factory: proposed redevelopment of SRT land in Bangkok

July 2, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Makkasan Train Factory and railway yards is a 22.4-hectare plot of land in Ratchathewi district, central Bangkok. The land is next to the Makkasan Airport Rail Link and Makkasan Station. The land is owned by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), and there are plans to develop the land into a new urban area. There […]

Filed Under: New Urban Areas Tagged With: bangkok, makkasan, thailand

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