Bangkok Metro & BTS

Bangkok Metro Public Company Limited (BMCL) has become the first metro operator in Thailand since Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has given BMCL a confidence to be the concessionaire of operating The M. R. T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line Project (The MRT System) on August 1, 2000.

 The MRT System starts from Bangkok Railway Station (Hua Lamphong) along Rama 4 road, crosses Samyan intersection, Silom intersection and Wireless intersection, turns left to Ratchadaphisek Road at Rama 4 intersection, passing Queen Sirikit National Convention Center to Asoke-Sukhumvit intersection, Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection, Rama 9 intersection, Huai Khwang intersection, and Sutthisan intersection, then turns left to Lat Phrao road at Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection, faces to Lat Phrao intersection, Phahon Yothin road, Chatuchak Park, Mo Chit Northern Bus Terminal (Old), and turns right to Kamphaeng Phet road, passing The Marketing Organization for Farmers (MOF) market, and finally ends at Bang Sue Railway Station.

 Operating Hour
• 06.00 am – midnight daily.
• Frequency
            - Less than 5 minutes during the peak hours 06.00 - 09.00 am. and 04.30  – 07.30 pm.
            - Less than 10 minutes during the off-peak hours.
• Maximum 19 serviced rolling stocks.


The BTS Skytrain is the safest, most comfortable and convenient way to get around Bangkok. In service since December 5, 1999, it has transformed the face of public transportation in the Thai capital, for the first time offering both residents and visitors a comfortable ride through central Bangkok - lifting commuters above the chronic congestion, noise and pollution of the streets below.

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Airport Rail Link

Airport Rail Link provides train service at the maximum speed of 160 kilometer per hour on an elevated track parallel to the eastern railway, which covers the distance of approximately 28 kilometers, passing through 8 stations; Phyathai Station, Rajprarop Station, Makkasan Station and City Air Terminal, Ramkhamhaeng Station, Hua Mark Station, Thab Chang Station, Lad Krabang Station, and Suvarnabhumi Station. Passengers who wish to travel to Suvarnabhumi Airport have three options of service:

1. SA Express, a train service that transports passenger from City Air Terminal or Makkasan Station to Suvarnabhumi Airport within 15 minutes without stopping at any station along the way.

2. SA Express, a new express route that transports passenger from Phyathai Station to Suvarnabhumi Airport within 20 minutes without stopping at any station along the way.

3. City Line, a train service that transports passengers between Phyathai Station and Suvarnabhumi Airport within 30 minutes and stops at every station along the way.

It can be connected to MRT (subway) at Makkasan Station and BTS (skytrain) at Phyathai Station.

Operate daily from 06.00 - 24.00 hrs.