Samrong BTS station

Samrong (Thai: สถานีสำโรง, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː sǎm.rōːŋ]) is a BTS Skytrain station on the Sukhumvit Line and MRT Yellow Line in Samut Prakan, Thailand.


Samrong

สำโรง
 BTS   MRT 
General information
LocationMueang Samut Prakan, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Coordinates13.647363°N 100.596153°E / 13.647363; 100.596153
Owned byBangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Operated byBangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited
(BTSC) (BTS SkyTrain)
Eastern Bangkok Monorail Company Limited (EBM) (Yellow Line)
Line(s)
Other information
Station codeE15 (Sukhumvit line)
YL25 (Yellow line)
History
Opened3 April 2017
Passengers
20213,186,681
Services
Preceding station BTS Skytrain Following station
Bearing
towards Khu Khot
Sukhumvit Line Pu Chao
towards Kheha
Samrong Station Traditional sign

Trial operation began in March 2017, and the station was officially opened by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on 3 April 2017,[1] with passengers able to ride the extension for free for a month beginning on 4 April 2017.[2] It was the eastern terminus of the line, until the opening of the other stations of the Sukhumvit Line Extension (East) on 6 December 2018. In the future it will connect to the MRT Yellow Line.[3] It is one of only four BTS stations to have island platforms, with the other being Siam, Ha Yaek Lat Phrao and Wat Phra Sri Mahathat station. Some trains terminate here during peak hours.

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