Fashion Island (Thailand)

Fashion Island
Location Ramindra road, Khan Na Yao, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates 13°49′33″N 100°40′45″E / 13.825803°N 100.679096°E / 13.825803; 100.679096Coordinates: 13°49′33″N 100°40′45″E / 13.825803°N 100.679096°E / 13.825803; 100.679096
Opening date June 1995
Developer Siam Retail Development Co., Ltd.
No. of stores and services 300
Total retail floor area 350,000 sq.m.
Parking 5,500
Website fashionisland.co.th Inside web: 360° tour [1]
Fashion Island Monorail
Overview
Locale Bangkok
Transit type Monorail
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 4
Technical
System length 1.4 km (0.9 mi)

Fashion Island is a shopping mall located on Ramintra Road, in Khan Na Yao district outskirt of Bangkok, Thailand.

Fashion Island is currently ranked Twenty-first largest mall in the World along with Dubai Mall and West Edmonton Mall (once biggest mall in the world until 2004).

The shopping mall featured an amusement park with a monorail circling around the mall. It was 1.4 km in length and has 4 stations. The amusement park and monorail were both shut down after an accident. On 26 June 2002, a short circuit caused one train to catch fire. The train had no circuit breaker, and the passenger compartment was not protected by fireproof insulation. Two girls, 6 and 8 years old, died in the fire, and two more children were injured from jumping out of the train.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ihttp://www.fashionisland.co.th/fi_file/360.htm
  2. ↑ The Monorail Society (2002-06-26). "Bangkok amusement monorail fire". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2008-10-12.


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