Bangkok station at end of the line

Right on track: A commuter waiting for a train at Bangkok Railway Station, more commonly known as Hua Lamphong, in Bangkok. — AFP

An uncertain fate awaits the hawkers, drivers and rough sleepers who have made a second home under the ornate arched ceiling of Bangkok’s century-old central railway station.

The elegant Italianate columns and stained glass windows of the station at Hua Lamphong will soon echo no more to the constant rattle of trains arriving and departing.