Ratchathewi station (, ) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Ratchathewi District,

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. In the future, it will become an interchange station for the

MRT Orange Line The MRT Orange Line () is a rapid transit line of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand. When fully completed, the MRT Orange line will be long with 29 stations (7 stations will be elev ...

following the opening of the western extension in 2030. The station is located on

Phaya Thai Road Phaya Thai Road (, , ) is a major road in Bangkok, Thailand. It begins at the south side of Victory Monument (Thailand), Victory Monument in Ratchathewi District and continues until Sam Yan Intersection in Pathum Wan District, where it intersect ...

to the south of Ratchathewi intersection, about 10 minutes walk to

Pantip Plaza Pantip Plaza is an indoor IT shopping mall located on New Phetchaburi Road in Ratchathewi district, Bangkok, Thailand. It has branch locations in Nonthaburi, in Bangkapi, and in Chiang Mai. Stores The mall has two anchors, IT City, which occ ...

on the way to

Pratunam Pratunam, written as Pratu Nam (, ), is an intersection and neighborhood in Bangkok. It is located in Thanon Phaya Thai sub-district, Ratchathewi district. The boundaries of the intersection are considered to be where Phetchaburi road passes, an ...

market. The station is also linked by a skybridge to Asia Hotel (where the

Calypso Cabaret Calypso Cabaret () is a Thai transgender cabaret. It is performed at the open-air mall Asiatique in Bangkok. Calypso Cabaret was founded in 1988 in a renovated movie theater on Sukhumvit Road. It relocated to the Ambassador Hotel theater in 1992 ...

show used to be held), and by escalators and stairs to a recently created area known as

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that houses several relatively low cost restaurants and bars used mostly by the locals, some "antique" shops, and the one remaining software vendor displaced from Hollywood Street that occupied the rear of the site that formerly hosted a theatre/cinema; Co-Co Walk adjoins the Hollywood Arcade that appears to no longer function as retail premises.

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Khlong Saen Saep Express Boat The Khlong Saen Saep boat service is a water bus operating on the Saen Saep Canal in Bangkok, Thailand. It has been in operation since 1 October 1990. The 18-km route is served by 100 boats of 40–50 seats. It operates from 05:30 to 20: ...

service at Saphan Hua Chang (or Ratchathewi) Pier (southern side of Hua Chang bridge) to

market and Golden Mount

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