Asok BTS station


Asok

อโศก
 BTS 
Train leaving Asok station in 2006
General information
Location Wattana and Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates 13°44′13.32″N 100°33′37.51″E
Owned by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC)
Operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited (BTSC)
Line(s)
  Sukhumvit Line
Other information
Station code E4
History
Opened 5 December 1999
Passengers
2021 5,542,521
Services
Preceding station BTS Skytrain Following station
Nana
towards Khu Khot
Sukhumvit Line Phrom Phong
towards Kheha
Preceding station Metropolitan Rapid Transit Following station
QSNCC
towards Lak Song
Blue Line
transfer at Sukhumvit
Phetchaburi
towards Tha Phra

Asok station (Thai: สถานีอโศก, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː ʔā.sòːk]) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Watthana and Khlong Toei Districts, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road at Asok Montri Intersection, with an interchange to MRT Blue Line at Sukhumvit station. Around the station, there are many hotels and facilities for foreign tourists and business people. The area to the west is a continuation of the Nana entertainment zone, and to east is a dense commercial area with numerous skyscrapers.

History

Asok station was opened on 5 December 1999 as part of the Sukhumvit Line, which ran 17 kilometers from Mo Chit Station to On Nut Station.

Exits

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