Phaya Thai station

13°45′24.99″N 100°32′1.84″E / 13.7569417°N 100.5338444°E / 13.7569417; 100.5338444Owned byBangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC)
State Railway of Thailand (SRT)Operated byBangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited (BTSC) (BTS SkyTrain)
Asia Era One Company Limited (AERA1) (Airport Rail Link)
State Railway of ThailandOther informationStation codeAirport Link: A8
Sukhumvit Line: N2
Eastern Line: ญท.HistoryOpened24 January 1907; 117 years ago (1907-01-24) (SRT)
5 December 1999; 24 years ago (1999-12-05)
(BTS Skytrain)
23 August 2010; 13 years ago (2010-08-23)
(Airport Rail Link)Passengers20212,475,681 (BTS) Services

Preceding station	BTS Skytrain			Following station
Victory Monument towards Khu Khot		Sukhumvit Line		Ratchathewi towards Kheha
Preceding station	Airport Rail Link			Following station
Terminus		City Line		Ratchaprarop towards Suvarnabhumi
Preceding station	State Railway of Thailand			Following station
Urupong Halt towards Bangkok (Hua Lamphong)		Eastern Line		Makkasan towards Chuk Samet or Poipet (Cambodia)
Proposed
Preceding station	SRT Red Lines			Following station
Makkasan towards Hua Mak		Light Red Line Phase IV		Ratchawithi towards Krung Thep Aphiwat

Phaya Thai station (Thai: สถานีพญาไท, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː pʰā.jāː tʰāj]) is a rapid transit station on the Airport Rail Link, BTS Sukhumvit Line and a railway halt on the Eastern Line in Ratchathewi District, Bangkok, Thailand. The Airport Rail Link station is located above the intercity Eastern Line at a level crossing on Phaya Thai Road. The station is surrounded by the government buildings, office towers and condominiums along Phaya Thai and Si Ayutthaya Road. Suan Pakkad Palace (Thai: วังสวนผักกาด), a traditional Thai antiques Museum and gallery is located nearby to the east of the station.

The station is the terminus of the Airport Rail Link City Line to Suvarnabhumi Airport.

History

SRT

Phaya Thai opened as a halt on 24 January 1907 on the Eastern Line between Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) and Chachoengsao Junction, operated by the State Railway of Thailand. In recent years, the halt has been criticised for neglect and poor maintenance by the SRT as the tracks are being handed over for construction of the Don Mueang–Suvarnabhumi–U-Tapao high-speed railway.^[1][2]

BTS

Phaya Thai BTS station opened as part of the BTS Sukhumvit Line on 5 December 1999.

Airport Rail Link

Phaya Thai ARL station opened on 23 August 2010, along with a skywalk connecting it to the BTS station.

Gallery

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  Phaya Thai Station (BTS) Traditional sign
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  BTS Station platform
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  ARL Station
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  ARL Station platform

See also

• Suvarnabhumi Airport Link

References

13°45′24.99″N 100°32′1.84″E / 13.7569417°N 100.5338444°E / 13.7569417; 100.5338444