Saphan Taksin BTS Station

Saphan Taksin
BTS Skytrain
Location	Sathon, Bangkok
Coordinates	13°43′7.59″N 100°30′50.78″E / 13.7187750°N 100.5141056°E / 13.7187750; 100.5141056Coordinates: 13°43′7.59″N 100°30′50.78″E / 13.7187750°N 100.5141056°E / 13.7187750; 100.5141056
Line(s)	Silom
Other information
Station code	S6
Services
Preceding station   Bangkok Rapid Transit   Following station Surasak toward National Stadium Silom Line Krung Thonburi toward Bang Wa

Saphan Taksin station (Thai: สถานีสะพานตากสิน) 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.

It has been proposed since 2012 to close and demolish the station to facilitate the construction of a second track, which will "ease the bottleneck over its stretch across the Chao Phraya River"^[1] however as of December 2015 there has been no decision on how to proceed.^[2]

Station layout

Facilities

• Tourist information office
• Chao Phraya Express Boat service at Sathon pier
• Crossing river ferry to Charoen Nakhon Road

See also

• BTS Skytrain
• Taksin Bridge

References

Silom Line
Stations	Yot Se Extension (planned) Yot Se National Stadium - Bang Wa (operational) National Stadium Siam Ratchadamri Sala Daeng Chong Nonsi Sueksa Witthaya (c 2018) Surasak Saphan Taksin Krung Thonburi Wongwian Yai Pho Nimit Talat Phlu Wutthakat Bang Wa Taling Chan Extension (planned) Bang Waek Bang Chueak Nang Bang Phrom Intharawat Borommaratchachonnani Taling Chan
Rolling stock	Siemens Modular Metro Changchun Train
BTS Skytrain M-Map