Phaya Thai station

Phaya Thai

พญาไท
; Phaya Thai; พญาไท
ARL ; BTS
	Station aerial view
General information
Location	Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates	13°45′24.99″N 100°32′1.84″E / 13.7569417°N 100.5338444°E
Owned by	Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA); Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC); State Railway of Thailand (SRT)
Operated by	Bangkok Mass Transit System; Public Company Limited (BTSC) (BTS SkyTrain); Asia Era One Company Limited (AERA1) (Airport Rail Link); State Railway of Thailand
Other information
Station code	Airport Link: A8 ; Sukhumvit Line: N2 ; Eastern Line: ญท.
History
Opened	24 January 1907; 117 years ago (SRT); 5 December 1999; 24 years ago; (BTS Skytrain); 23 August 2010; 13 years ago; (Airport Rail Link)
Passengers
2021	2,475,681 (BTS)
Services
Proposed

Phaya Thai station (Thai: สถานีพญาไท, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː pʰā.jāː tʰāj]) is a rapid transit station on the Airport Rail Link, BTS Sukhumvit Line and a railway halt on the Eastern Line in Ratchathewi District, Bangkok, Thailand. The Airport Rail Link station is located above the intercity Eastern Line at a level crossing on Phaya Thai Road. The station is surrounded by the government buildings, office towers and condominiums along Phaya Thai and Si Ayutthaya Road. Suan Pakkad Palace (Thai: วังสวนผักกาด), a traditional Thai antiques Museum and gallery is located nearby to the east of the station.

The station is the terminus of the Airport Rail Link City Line to Suvarnabhumi Airport.

History

Phaya Thai opened as a halt on 24 January 1907 on the Eastern Line between Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) and Chachoengsao Junction, operated by the State Railway of Thailand. In recent years, the halt has been criticised for neglect and poor maintenance by the SRT as the tracks are being handed over for construction of the Don Mueang–Suvarnabhumi–U-Tapao high-speed railway.^[1]^[2]