Green dream pf Makkasan

URBAN PLANNING

Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The name "Makkasan" evokes different images. A train and airport link station, a swamp, a junkyard for old trains, a wooded area in the heart of Bangkok that was apparently once dense enough to hide a cougar.

An aerial view of the old train junkyard in Makkasan. This vast area has the potential to be made into a public park. Photo courtesy of the ASSOCIATION OF SIAMESE ARCHITECTS

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the 400 rai of land owned by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) could be turned into a leafy public park with well-planned commercial development?

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Discussion 2 : 22 Jan 2013 at 12.572
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I would love and support any idea to build useable green space .
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Discussion 1 : 22 Jan 2013 at 07.481
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Given the parlous state of the SRT and its service why are they spending any time and money on this - which seems to have little to do with the core mission of providing rail transport? Why not transfer the area (in return for money which could be used to fund the SRT rehabilitation) to say the BMA who could then develop this area for the benefit of their electors
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