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MRT Blue Line
The MRT Blue Line () or MRT Chaloem Ratchamongkon Line () is Bangkok's third rapid transit line, following the Sukhumvit line and Silom line of the BTS Skytrain. It is the first line of the MRT (Bangkok), MRT system and is operated by Bangkok Expressway and Metro (BEM). The line has a total length of , operating as a semi-circular route, circle or spiral route from Lak Song MRT station, Lak Song to Tha Phra MRT station, Tha Phra which also serves as a self-interchange station. The first stage of the MRT Blue Line, a semi-circle alignment from Hua Lamphong to Bang Sue opened on 3 July 2004, which was then followed by a extension to Tao Poon MRT station, Tao Poon opened on 11 August 2017. The line was extended to the west from Hua Lamphong MRT station, Hua Lamphong through new stations in Bangkok Chinatown and Ko Rattanakosin on 29 September 2019. Finally, the line was extended south from Tao Poon MRT station, Tao Poon to Tha Phra MRT station, Tha Phra through new stations in Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tha Phra Station
Tha Phra station (, ) is an MRT Blue Line station, located at Tha Phra Intersection, Bangkok Yai District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is the self-interchange station of MRT Blue Line and a terminal station. The station was opened in two stages. First stage was opened on 29 July 2019, consisting of a concourse and lower platform for the Hua Lamphong - Lak Song extension. The upper platform was opened on 23 December 2019. Station layout Tha Phra Station is an elevated self-interchange station. The station has side platforms on the lower floor and island platform on the upper floor. Floor * U3 Upper Platform * U2 Lower Platform * U1 Ticket hall and station concourse *Street level Station entrance Services Upper Platform Platform 3, 4 for service to Charan 13 and Lak Song (via Bang Sue) Lower Platform Platform 1 for service to Lak Song Platform 2 for service to Itsaraphap and Tha Phra (via Bang Sue) Gallery File:MRT BL01 Traditional station sign.svg, Tha Phra Station Trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tha Phra MRT Station
Tha Phra station (, ) is an MRT Blue Line station, located at Tha Phra Intersection, Bangkok Yai District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is the self-interchange station of MRT Blue Line and a terminal station. The station was opened in two stages. First stage was opened on 29 July 2019, consisting of a concourse and lower platform for the Hua Lamphong - Lak Song extension. The upper platform was opened on 23 December 2019. Station layout Tha Phra Station is an elevated self-interchange station. The station has side platforms on the lower floor and island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ... on the upper floor. Floor * U3 Upper Platform * U2 Lower Platform * U1 Ticket hall and station concourse *Street level Station entrance Services Upper Platform Platfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratchadaphisek Road
Ratchadaphisek Road (, ), also known as Bangkok Inner Ring Road () is a major road in Bangkok, Thailand. Conceived in 1971 and opened in 1976, it connects earlier portions including Asok Montri, Wong Sawang and Charan Sanitwong Roads to form the city's inner ring road system. The road's name comes from the silver jubilee of the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Ratchadaphisek Road crosses major traffic arteries such as Sukhumvit, Phahon Yothin, Vibhavadi Rangsit, Lat Phrao, Phet Kasem, Rama IV Road and the Si Rat Expressway. Areas around the road are served by numerous rapid transit stations; Ratchayothin BTS station and Asok BTS station of Sukhumvit Line, Talat Phlu BTS station of Silom Line, Wong Sawang MRT station of MRT Purple Line, as well as two long segments of the MRT Blue line (elevated section in Thonburi between Tha Phra MRT station and Bang O MRT station, and an underground section between Lat Phrao MRT station and Queen Sirikit National Convention C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Sue MRT Station
Bang Sue MRT station (, ; code BL11) is a Bangkok MRT rapid transit station on the MRT Blue Line, located near Bang Sue Junction railway station, in Bangkok. It connects to SRT Dark Red Line and SRT Light Red Line at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal located above the station. Its symbol color is blue. Bang Sue was the terminus of the MRT Blue Line between 2004 and 2017. Station details Its symbol color is จุดเริ่มต้นของคนเดินทาง: ดำดินเดินทาง. คอลัมน์นายรอบรู้ นิตยสารสารคดี เดือนตุลาคม 2548 It is an underground station 30 by 226m and 12m deep. The platforms are side platforms. Station layout Before August 2017, Bang Sue station operated only one platform. Currently, the full extension to Tha Phra station is in operation and both platforms are in use. Platform 1 is for services to Lak Song via Phahon Yothin and Hua Lamphong. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Pho MRT Station
Bang Pho station (), is an elevated railway station on MRT Blue Line. The station opened on 4 December 2019. This is one of the nine stations of phase 3 of MRT Blue Line. It has a connection to the Chao Phraya Express Boat The Chao Phraya Express Boat ( ''Ruea Duan Chao Phraya'') is a transportation service in Thailand operating on the Chao Phraya River. It provides riverine express transportation between stops in the capital city of Bangkok and to Nonthaburi Pro ... at Bang Pho Pier. References {{Thailand-railstation-stub MRT (Bangkok) stations Bang Sue district Railway stations in Thailand opened in 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chao Phraya River
The Chao Phraya River is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Etymology Written evidence of the river being referred to by the name ''Chao Phraya'' dates only to the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV, 1850–1868). It is unknown what name, if any at all, was used for the river in older times. The river was likely known simply by the Thai word for 'river', (), and foreign documents and maps, especially by Europeans visiting during the Ayutthaya period, usually named the river the ''Menam''. The name Chao Phraya likely comes from (), an alternative name, documented from around 1660 in the reign of King Narai, of the settlement that is now Samut Prakan. Historian Praphat Chuvichean suggests that the name, which is a Thai noble titles, title of nobility, originated from the story of two Khmer idols being unearthed in 1498 at the settlement that was by the mouth of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang O MRT Station
Bang O station (, ), is an elevated railway station on MRT Blue Line. The station opened on 4 December 2019. The station is one of the nine stations of phase 3 of MRT Blue Line The MRT Blue Line () or MRT Chaloem Ratchamongkon Line () is Bangkok's third rapid transit line, following the Sukhumvit line and Silom line of the BTS Skytrain. It is the first line of the MRT (Bangkok), MRT system and is operated by Bangkok Exp .... It is named after the Bang O subdistrict. References MRT (Bangkok) stations Railway stations in Thailand opened in 2019 {{Thailand-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charan Sanit Wong Road
300px, Charan Sanit Wong Road in late 2019 near Charansanitwong Railway Halt and Bang Khun Non MRT Station under construction. Charan Sanit Wong Road (, ) is a main road in Bangkok's Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya River), it is named in honour of Luang Charan Sanit Wong ( ML Charan Sanitwong), the former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Its name has been misspelled as จรัลสนิทวงศ์ in Thai according to the 1999 Royal Institute Dictionary. Charan Sanit Wong Road runs through the three districts of Bangkok, namely Bangkok Yai, Bangkok Noi and Bang Phlat. It begins at Phet Kasem Road (Highway 4), at the corners of the Tha Phra Intersection, Tha Phra MRT station. It heads northwest through the Wat Tha Phra, Tha Phra Police Station, The Kingdom of Lesotho Consulate, Wat Chao Mun, Siam Technological College, Sesawech Vidhaya School, and entrance to Wat Di Duad (Soi Charan Sanit Wong 12), cuts across Phanitchayakan Thon Buri Road (Soi Chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever, fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, anosmia, loss of smell, and ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock (circulatory), shock, or organ dysfunction, multiorgan dysfunction). Older people have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Some complicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thonburi
__NOTOC__ Thonburi () is an area of modern Bangkok. During the era of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Kingdom of Ayutthaya, its location on the right (west) bank at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River had made it an important garrison town, which is reflected in its name: ''thon'' () a loanword from Pali ''dhána'' 'wealth', and ''buri'' (), from ''púra,'' 'fortress'. The full formal name was Thon Buri Si Mahasamut ( 'City of Treasures Gracing the Ocean'). For the informal name, see the History of Bangkok#Under Ayutthaya, history of Bangkok under Ayutthaya. In 1767, after the Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)#Sack of the city, sack of Ayutthaya by the Burmese, General Taksin took back Thonburi and, by right of conquest, made it the capital of the Thonburi Kingdom, crowning himself king until 6 April 1782, when he was deposed. Rama I, the newly enthroned king, moved the capital across the river, where stakes driven into the soil of Bangkok for the City Pillar at 06:45 on 21 April 1782 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Rattanakosin
Rattanakosin Island (, , ) is a historic area in the Phra Nakhon District in the city of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bordered by the Chao Phraya River to the west and various canals to the east that were dug to serve as moats for what was originally the fortified city center. Situated on the eastern convex bank of a meander in the Chao Phraya River, the island is the site of the Grand Palace and Bangkok's City Pillar Shrine, among other places of historical significance. History King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) founded the city as the capital of his new Rattanakosin Kingdom in 1782. Before Bangkok became the capital of Thailand, the capital city was Thonburi. The old city straddled the Chao Phraya, but was mainly settled on the western bank where the royal palace and other institutions were situated. The eastern bank was mostly home to Chinese and Vietnamese (forced) settlers. When Phutthayotfa Chulalok established himself as king, he re-established the capital on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
