Chitralada railway station

Chitralada railway station or Suan Chitralada royal railway station (Thai: สถานีรถไฟจิตรลดา, สถานีรถไฟหลวงสวนจิตรลดา) is a railway station in Thailand, located on Sawankhalok Rd, Suan Chitlada Subdistrict, Dusit District, Bangkok.

Chitralada railway station สถานีรถไฟจิตรลดา
Location	Sawankhalok Rd, Suan Chitlada Subdistrict, Dusit District, Bangkok
Coordinates	13.76648°N 100.52452°E / 13.76648; 100.52452
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand (SRT)
Line(s)	Northern Line Northeastern Line Southern Line
Platforms	3
History
Rebuilt	1921
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station Yommarat Halt toward Bangkok Northern Line Ramathibodi Hospital Halt toward Chiang Mai Yommarat Halt toward Bangkok Northeastern Line Ramathibodi Hospital Halt toward Ubon Ratchathani Yommarat Halt toward Bangkok Northeastern Line Ramathibodi Hospital Halt toward Thanaleng Yommarat Halt toward Bangkok Southern Line Ramathibodi Hospital Halt toward Su-ngai Kolok

It is a special railway station that only serves the royal family when traveling by train. It is located on the side of Sawankhalok Rd, opposite the Chitralada Royal Villa, 3.29 km (2 mi) from Hua Lamphong (Bangkok railway station), considered in the middle between Yommarat and Ramathibodi Hospital halts

Chitralada railway station was originally a wooden building built in the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). Later, in the year 1921, during the reign of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), the construction of a new station was a single-storey brick building. There is a dome that was built according to the Italian Renaissance architecture to replace the original wooden building.[1][2]