Saphan Taksin BTS station
Saphan Taksin | |||||||||||
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BTS Skytrain | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Sathon, Bangkok | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 13°43′7.59″N 100°30′50.78″E / 13.7187750°N 100.5141056°E | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Silom | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | S6 | ||||||||||
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Saphan Taksin station (Template:Lang-th) 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.
The station is set to be closed and removed to facilitate the construction of a second track, which will "ease the bottleneck over its stretch across the Chao Phraya River".[1]
Station layout
U3 Platform | ||
Platform 3 | Template:BTS line links towards National Stadium (→) Template:BTS line links towards Bang Wa (←) | |
U2 Concourse |
Concourse | Ticket offices, Ticket machines, Shops
Exits 1-4, Tourist information office |
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Street level |
- | Sathon Road, Taksin Bridge, Charoen Krung Road and Chao Phraya River
Bus stop, Sathon pier |
Facilities
- Tourist information office
- Chao Phraya Express Boat service at Sathon pier
- Crossing river ferry to Charoen Nakhon Road
See also
References
- ^ Kongsai, Thanatpong. "BMA to close Saphan Taksin station to ease bottleneck". The Nation. Retrieved 5 June 2012.