Hua Mak station

Hua Mak

หัวหมาก
Hua Mak; หัวหมาก
ARL MRT
	ARL Platforms
General information
Location	Suan Luang District; Bangkok; Thailand
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand ; Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand (SRT) ; Asia Era One Company Limited (AERA1) (ARL) ; Eastern Bangkok Monorail Company Limited (EBM) (MRT)
Managed by	Ministry of Transport
Platforms	3 (SRT) ; 2 (ARL) ; 2 (MRT)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade (SRT) ; Elevated (ARL, MRT)
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	หม. (SRT) ; A4 (ARL) ; YL11 (MRT)
History
Opened	24 January 1987; 37 years ago (SRT); 23 August 2010; 13 years ago (ARL); 3 June 2023; 10 months ago (MRT)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC (ARL) ; 750 V DC (MRT)
Previous names	Ban Hua Mak, Phatthanakan
Services

Hua Mak station (Thai: สถานีหัวหมาก, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː hǔa̯ màːk]) is a station on the Eastern Line of the State Railway of Thailand, an Airport Rail Link station and an MRT station on the Yellow Line, located on Srinagarindra Road in Suan Luang District, Bangkok. Three rail operators run the station complex separately at their respective stations, with no interchanges between the three stations.

History[edit]

Hua Mak opened as "Ban Hua Mak" railway station on 24 January 1907 on the Eastern Line between Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) and Chachoengsao Junction, operated by the State Railway of Thailand.^[1] It is unknown when the station was renamed to Hua Mak. The original wooden building was demolished to make way for the construction of the Airport Rail Link.

The ARL station opened on 23 August 2010. The ARL is intended to be the backbone of the future High Speed Rail line (HSR) to Chonburi and Rayong. This would use the current ARL tracks, and would connect all three nearby airports; starting at Don Mueang International Airport and passing through Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal, Makkasan Station, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Si Racha, Pattaya and terminating at U-Tapao International Airport.^[2]

Construction of the MRT Yellow Line began in March 2018 and a station was to be placed near the railway station. It was initially named "Phatthanakan" station following the nearby Phatthanakan Road. However, on 6 September 2021, the Department of Rail Transport renamed it Hua Mak.^[3] Trial operations began on 3 June 2023 between Hua Mak and Samrong.^[4]