Asok BTS station

{{Short description|Station}}

{{onesource|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = 40px
Asok

| native_name = อโศก

| native_name_lang = th

| type = {{rint|bangkok|Sukhumvit}}

| image = Train leaving Asok Station.jpg

| image_caption = Train leaving Asok station in 2006

| address = Wattana and Khlong Toei

| borough = Bangkok

| country = Thailand

| coordinates = {{coord|13|44|13.32|N|100|33|37.51|E|region:TH_type:railwaystation}}

| owned = Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)

BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (BTSGIF)

| operator = Bangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited
(BTSC)

| line = {{rail color box|system=BTS Skytrain|line=Sukhumvit}}

| other =

| code = E4

| opened = 5 December 1999

| passengers = 5,542,521

| pass_year = 2021

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=BTS Skytrain

|line1=Sukhumvit|left1=Nana|right1=Phrom Phong

|system2=MRT

|line2=Blue|left2=QSNCC|right2=Phetchaburi|transfer2=Sukhumvit

}}

}}

Asok station ({{langx|th|สถานีอโศก}}, {{IPA|th|sā.tʰǎː.nīː ʔā.sòːk|pron}}) is a BTS Skytrain station on the Sukhumvit Line in Watthana and Khlong Toei Districts, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road at Asok Montri Intersection, with an interchange to MRT Blue Line at Sukhumvit station. Around the station, there are many hotels and facilities for foreign tourists and business people. The area to the west is a continuation of the Nana entertainment zone, and to the east is a dense commercial area with numerous skyscrapers.

History

Asok station opened on 5 December 1999 as part of the Sukhumvit Line, which ran 17 kilometers from Mo Chit Station to On Nut Station at the time.

Originally, this place was the location of Si Krung, a film studio and cinema that produced the first sound film in Thailand. It ceased operations during World War II. The film studio was established in 1927, five years before the Siamese revolution.{{cite web|language=thai|date=2024-08-13|accessdate=2024-08-10|work=Thai PBS|author=Jak Rak Su Rao|title=ย่านสุขุมวิท จากทุ่งนาสู่ทำเลทอง|url=https://www.thaipbs.or.th/program/JakRakSuRao/episodes/103255}}

Exits

Gallery

File:BTSAsokeStationa.jpg|Asok station as seen from the busy streets of Bangkok

File:Ratchadaphisek Road Asok junction.jpg|Ratchadaphisek Road at Asok junction, with Sukhumvit Road seen to the south

File:BTS E4 Traditional station sign (Interchange MRT).svg|Asok station traditional si

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Category:BTS Skytrain stations