Samrong BTS station

Samrong (Thai: สถานีสำโรง, RTGS: Sathani Samrong, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː sǎm.rōːŋ]) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Samut Prakan, Thailand.


Samrong

สำโรง
 BTS   MRL 
LocationMueang Samut Prakan, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Coordinates13.647363°N 100.596153°E / 13.647363; 100.596153
Owned byBangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Operated byBangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited
(BTSC)
Line(s)
  Sukhumvit Line
   Yellow 
(Yellow Line opening 2021)
Other information
Station codeE15 (Sukhumvit line)
YL25 (Yellow line)
History
Opened3 April 2017
Services
Preceding station   Bangkok Rapid Transit   Following station
Bearing
toward Wat Phra Sri Mahathat
Sukhumvit Line
Pu Chao
toward Kheha
Samrong Station Traditional sign

Trial operation began in March 2017, and the station was officially opened by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on 3 April 2017,[1] with passengers able to ride the extension for free for a month beginning on 4 April 2017.[2] It was the eastern terminus of the line, until the opening of the other stations of the Sukhumvit Line Extension (East) on 6 December 2018. In future it will connect to the MRT Yellow Line.[3] It is one of only three BTS stations to have island platforms, with the other being Siam, Ha Yaek Lat Phrao and Wat Phra Sri Mahathat station.

References

See also

  • Bangkok Skytrain


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