Samrong station

Samrong

สำโรง
; Samrong; สำโรง
BTS MRT
General information
Location	Mueang Samut Prakan, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Coordinates	13°38′51″N 100°35′46″E / 13.647363°N 100.596153°E
Owned by	Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Operated by	Bangkok Mass Transit System; Public Company Limited (BTSC)
Line(s)	Lua error: expandTemplate: template "BTS color" does not exist. Lua error: expandTemplate: template "Bangkok MRT color" does not exist. (Yellow Line opening 2021)
Other information
Station code	E15 (Sukhumvit line); YL25 (Yellow line)
History
Opened	3 April 2017
Services

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.

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

^ "Public to get free trial, as Samrong BTS station now opens – The Nation". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
^ "BTS offers free rides to new station, first in Samut Prakarn | Coconuts Bangkok". Coconuts. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
^ Mail, Pattaya (2017-03-16). "Bearing-Samrong segment of BTS Green Line put on trial run - Pattaya It is one of the 2 stations which have an island platform, the other to be Siam station. Mail". Pattaya Mail. Retrieved 2017-04-01.

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