Saphan Taksin BTS station

Saphan Taksin
 BTS 
Location Sathon, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates 13°43′7.59″N 100°30′50.78″E / 13.7187750°N 100.5141056°E / 13.7187750; 100.5141056Coordinates: 13°43′7.59″N 100°30′50.78″E / 13.7187750°N 100.5141056°E / 13.7187750; 100.5141056
Owned by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited (BTSC)
Line(s)
Other information
Station code S6
Services
Preceding station   Bangkok Rapid Transit   Following station
Silom Line
toward Bang Wa

Saphan Taksin station (Thai: สถานีสะพานตากสิน) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Silom Line in Sathon District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located at the entry ramp of Taksin Bridge, below Sathon Road, to the east of the Chao Phraya River. It is the only rapid transit station in Bangkok which can transfer to a river pier for the crossing-river ferry to Thonburi and the Chao Phraya Express Boat service. That makes the station popular for both daily passengers and tourists sightseeing by river boats to historical area such as Wat Arun, Wat Pho and Sanam Luang.

It has been proposed since 2012 to close and demolish the station to facilitate the construction of a second track, which will "ease the bottleneck over its stretch across the Chao Phraya River"[1] however as of December 2015 there has been no decision on how to proceed.[2]

In 2017 it was proposed to expand the station to a double track station. [3]

Station layout

U3
Platform
Platform 3  BTS  towards National Stadium (→)
 BTS  towards Bang Wa (←)
Side platform, the doors open at left or right
U2
Concourse
 Concourse Ticket offices, Ticket machines, Shops

Exits 1-4, Tourist information office

G

Street level

 - Sathon Road, Taksin Bridge, Charoen Krung Road and Chao Phraya River

Bus stop, Sathorn Pier
Shangri-La Hotel, Wat Yan Nawa

Facilities

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kongsai, Thanatpong. "BMA to close Saphan Taksin station to ease bottleneck". The Nation. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Reporter, Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff (2015-12-02). "Decision Soon on Future of BTS Saphan Taksin". Khaosod English. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  3. ↑ Bangkok Post 11 August 2017 "Plan announced for Saphan Taksin BTS expansion"


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