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Chitralada จิตรลดา | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Other names | Suan Chitralada Royal | ||||
| Location | Sawankhalok Rd,Suan Chitlada Subdistrict,Dusit District Bangkok Thailand | ||||
| Coordinates | 13°45′59″N100°31′28″E / 13.76648°N 100.52452°E /13.76648; 100.52452 | ||||
| Owned by | State Railway of Thailand (SRT) | ||||
| Operated by | Monarchy of Thailand | ||||
| Distance | 3.29 km (2 mi) fromHua Lamphong | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Architectural style | Single-storey brick | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Royal use only | ||||
| Classification | Special | ||||
| History | |||||
| Rebuilt | 1921 | ||||
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Chitralada railway station orSuan Chitralada royal railway station (Thai:สถานีรถไฟจิตรลดา, สถานีรถไฟหลวงสวนจิตรลดา) is arailway station in Thailand, located on Sawankhalok Rd,Suan Chitlada Subdistrict,Dusit District, Bangkok.
It is a special railway station that only serves theroyal family when traveling by train.[1] It is located on the side of Sawankhalok Rd, opposite theChitralada Royal Villa, 3.29 km (2 mi) fromHua Lamphong (Bangkok railway station), considered in the middle betweenYommarat andRamathibodi Hospital halts.
Chitralada railway station was originally a wooden building built in the reign of KingChulalongkorn (Rama V). Later, in the year 1921, during the reign of KingVajiravudh (Rama VI), the construction of a new station was a single-storey brick building. There is a dome that was built according to theItalian Renaissance architecture to replace the original wooden building.[2][3]