Saint Louis BTS station explained


Saint Louis
Native Name:เซนต์หลุยส์
Native Name Lang:th
Symbol:BTS
Symbol Location:bangkok
Address:Bang Rak and Sathon
Borough:Bangkok
Country:Thailand
Coordinates:13.7209°N 100.5268°W
Owned:Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC)
Operator:Bangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited
(BTSC)
Structure:Elevated
Code:S4
Former:Suksa Witthaya
Passengers:673,475
Pass Year:2021
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Stroke-Color:
  1. C60C30
Mapframe-Marker:station
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. 1F2F57
Mapframe-Zoom:9

Saint Louis Station ([1], in Thai pronounced as /sā.tʰǎː.nīː sēn lǔj/) or former name Suksa Witthaya Station (in Thai pronounced as /sā.thǎː.nīː sɯ̀k.sǎː wít.tʰā.jāː/) is an infill BTS Skytrain station, on the Silom Line in Bangkok, Thailand. The name Saint Louis is of the neighbourhood surrounding the Saint Louis Catholic Church and the affiliated Saint Louis Hospital on the Sathon Tai Road.

It is a station on the Silom Line between Chong Nonsi and Surasak, and opened on 8 February 2021.[2]

In 2018, it was decided to finally build the missing Suksa Witthaya (S4) station, the environment impact assessment was finalized in March 2019.[3] Construction of the station began in August 2019 and by the end of 2019 had reached 25% progress.[4] By August 2020, construction had reached 50% but was 30% behind schedule due to COVID related delays.[5] The station opened on 8 February 2021.[6]

Station layout

U3
Platform
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 4 toward
Platform 3 toward
Side platform, doors will open on the left
U2
ticket sales class
ticket sales floorExit 1–5, Passenger Service Center
Ticket Office, Ticket Machine, Shop
AIA Sathorn Tower
G
Street level
style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top-Bus Stop
@Sathorn, Bangrak Hospital, Saint Louis Hospital

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: บีทีเอส เปลี่ยนชื่อสถานีศึกษาวิทยาเป็น เซนต์หลุยส์ พร้อมให้บริการ ก.พ.. 23 January 2021 . สปริงนิวส์.
  2. Web site: 7 February 2021. Saint Louis BTS station to open from Monday. 2021-02-07. The Nation. en-US.
  3. News: ไฟเขียว BTS ขึ้นค่าตั๋วส่วนต่อขยาย 16 เมษาฯ เร่งเชื่อม'หมอชิต-เซ็นทรัลลาดพร้าว' สิงหาฯนี้ . Prachachat . Bangkok . 4 March 2019 .
  4. News: 20 ปีบีทีเอสจาก 35 ขบวนจ่อ 98 ขบวน ปีที่ 21 ของรถไฟฟ้าสายแรกเมืองไทย . Thairath . Bangkok . 30 December 2019 .
  5. News: บีทีเอส"สร้างครึ่งทางแล้วเปิดต้นปี 64 . Dailynews . Bangkok . 25 August 2020 .
  6. Web site: เปิดใช้วันแรก "สถานีเซนต์หลุยส์" รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส ไปโรงพยาบาลเซนต์หลุยส์ลงสถานีนี้. 8 February 2021.