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{{Infobox rail line
| name            = BMA Light Blue Line<br />รถไฟฟ้าสายสีฟ้า
| color           = {{rcr|MRT|Light Blue}}
| image           = {{huge|{{RouteBox|12||#87cefa|black}}}}
| image_width     = 80px
| caption         = 
| type            = 
| system          = [[Bangkok Mass Rapid Transit]]
| status          = Planned
| locale          = [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
| start           = Pracha Songkhro
| end             = Chong Nonsi
| stations        = 9 (Planned)
| routes          = 
| daily_ridership = 
| open            = 
| close           = 
| owner           = [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]]
| operator        = [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]]
| character       = 
| stock           = 
| linelength      = {{convert|9.5|km|mi|sp=us}} (est.)
| tracklength     = 
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| gauge           = 
| electrification = <!--still needs a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]-->
| speed           = <!--still needs a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]-->
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| map             = {{MRT Light Blue Line route|inline=1}}
| map_state       = show
}}

The '''Light Blue Line''' (Din Daeng – Sathon) is a planned [[monorail]] line to be built in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. Its path runs along a north–south axis. This line would link the [[Din Daeng District|Din Daeng]] housing community areas, [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|Bangkok City Hall 2]], [[Makkasan Station]] (for the [[Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link]]), and the business area along [[Sathon Road]].

The total distance of the route is approximately {{Convert|9.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} with 9 stations and an estimated 320,000 passengers per day. The line was tentatively planned to be completed by 2029, but was deferred in 2011 by the government. In 2013, the [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] took over responsibility for the Light Blue line project. 

{{As of|2022}}, there is no plan to build this line.

== Progress ==
The [[Yingluck Shinawatra]]-led [[Pheu Thai]] government, elected in July 2011, decided not to pursue plans to continue the [[Grey Line (Bangkok Rapid Transit)|Grey Line]] and the Light Blue Line, citing that the lines would not be feasible within their 4-year, 10-lines priority plan. The [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] (BMA) was invited to consider both projects but they would have to fund them.<ref name="M-Map">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160311064827/http://www.prachachat.net/news_detail.php?newsid=1314757223&grpid=00&catid=&subcatid= เพื่อไทยรื้อแผนปชป. ตัดทิ้งรถไฟฟ้าสองสาย เส้นวัชรพล-พระราม 9 และดินแดง-สาธร]</ref> 

Given delays in 2013 and 2014 with tendering other priority mass transit lines related to the [[2013–2014 Thai political crisis|political crisis in Thailand]], it is highly unlikely that the Light Blue line will be considered by either the BMA or the [[Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand|Mass Rapid Transit Authority]] for many years. {{As of|2022}}, there are no plans to implement the Light Blue line by the BMA.

== Stations ==
The route has a total of 9 planned stations.

=== List of planned stations ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#99ccff"|<span style="color:black;">Station Name</span>
! style="background-color:#99ccff" colspan="2"|<span style="color:black;">Transfer</span>
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Pracha Songkhro''
| bgcolor="#EAFFEA"| {{rint|bangkok|Orange}} (under tender)
| bgcolor="#FF6601"|
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Mit Maitri''
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Din Daeng''
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Makkasan''
| bgcolor="#EAFFEA"|  {{rint|bangkok|Airport}} {{rint|bangkok|Blue}} {{rint|bangkok|Light Red}} (Tender 2022)
| bgcolor=E32636|
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Phetchaburi''
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Phloen Chit''
| bgcolor="#EAFFEA"|  {{rint|bangkok|Sukhumvit}}
| bgcolor=77CC00|
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Lumphini''
| bgcolor="#EAFFEA"|  {{rint|bangkok|Blue}}
| bgcolor="#0000FF"|
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Suan Phlu''
|-
| bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |[[Chong Nonsi Station|Chong Nonsi]]
| bgcolor="#EAFFEA"|  {{rint|bangkok|Silom}} <br> [[Bangkok BRT]]
| bgcolor=008000|
|}

== Network map ==
{{Wide image|File:2023versionofbangkokmassrapidtransitmap.png|700px}}

== See also==
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* [[Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region]]
* [[MRT (Bangkok)]]
* [[MRT Blue Line]]
* [[MRT Brown Line]]
* [[MRT Grey Line]]
* [[MRT Pink Line]]
* [[MRT Orange Line]]
* [[MRT Purple Line]]
* [[MRT Yellow Line]]
* [[BTS Skytrain]]
* [[BTS Sukhumvit Line]]
* [[BTS Silom Line]]
* [[Airport Rail Link (Bangkok)]]
* [[SRT Light Red Line]]
* [[SRT Dark Red Line]]
* [[Bangkok BRT]]
* [[Gold Line (Bangkok)|BMA Gold Line]]
{{Div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.bts.co.th/eng/routemap.html Airport Rail Link, BTS, MRT & BRT network map]
* [https://www.mrta.co.th/th/ MRTA]

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[[Category:Rapid transit in Bangkok]]
[[Category:Proposed public transport in Thailand]]
[[Category:Monorails in Thailand]]