Saphan Taksin Station

Saphan Taksin
BTS
Location	Sathon, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates	13°43′7.59″N 100°30′50.78″E / 13.7187750°N 100.5141056°E / 13.7187750; 100.5141056Coordinates: 13°43′7.59″N 100°30′50.78″E / 13.7187750°N 100.5141056°E / 13.7187750; 100.5141056
Owned by	Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Operated by	Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC)
Line(s)	Silom Line
Other information
Station code	S6
Services
Preceding station   Bangkok Rapid Transit   Following station Surasak toward National Stadium Silom Line Krung Thonburi toward Bang Wa

Saphan Taksin station (Thai: สถานีสะพานตากสิน) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Silom Line in Sathon District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located at the entry ramp of Taksin Bridge, below Sathon Road, to the east of the Chao Phraya River. It is the only rapid transit station in Bangkok which can transfer to a river pier for the crossing-river ferry to Thonburi and the Chao Phraya Express Boat service. That makes the station popular for both daily passengers and tourists sightseeing by river boats to historical area such as Wat Arun, Wat Pho and Sanam Luang.

It has been proposed since 2012 to close and demolish the station to facilitate the construction of a second track, which will "ease the bottleneck over its stretch across the Chao Phraya River" however as of December 2015 there has been no decision on how to proceed.

In 2017 it was proposed to expand the station to a double track station.

Exits 1-4, Tourist information office

Street level

Bus stop, Sathorn Pier
Shangri-La Hotel, Wat Yan Nawa

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