Itsaraphap MRT station

{{Short description|Subway station in Bangkok, Thailand}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{white|อิสรภาพ}}
Itsaraphap

| type = {{rint|bangkok|mrt}} {{rint|bangkok|blue}}

| style = MRT

| image = MRT israpharp inside.jpg

| image_caption = Ticket office and the pillars decorated with four glowing swan motifs

| address = Wat Tha Phra and Wat Arun Subdistricts, Bangkok Yai District, Bangkok, Thailand

| owned = Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA)

| operator = Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM)

| line = {{rint|bangkok|blue}} MRT Blue Line

| platform = 1 island platform (2 exits, 2 elevators)

| structure = Underground

| code = BL32

| web =

| opened = {{Start date and age|2019|07|29|df=y}}

| passengers = 1,502,553

| pass_year = 2021

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=MRT|line=Blue|left=Tha Phra|right=Sanam Chai|to-left=Lak Song|to-right=Tha Phra via Bang Sue}}

}}

Itsaraphap station ({{langx|th|สถานีอิสรภาพ}}, {{IPA|th|sā.tʰǎː.nīː ʔìt.sā.rā.pʰâːp|pron}}) is a Bangkok MRT rapid transit station on the Blue Line.

It is recognized as one of the four most beautiful MRT stations, along with Sanam Chai, Sam Yot, and Wat Mangkon stations.

Itsaraphap station is the first and only underground station in the Thonburi side and is the last underground before elevating above ground to the Tha Phra station. The station is bridged to Sanam Chai station through a tunnel running below the Chao Phraya River, with distance from the water surface to the tunnel approx. 30 m (98 ft) in depth, traversing horizontally under the Itsaraphap Road from Soi Itsaraphap 23 to Soi Itsaraphap 34.

The design of this station is based on the swan, a mythical creature which represents good fortune, and is also the symbol of Wat Hong Rattanaram, a temple with a very long history, built since the Ayutthaya era, in order to convey the history of the neighbouring areas, such as Wat Ratchasittharam, Wat Arun Ratchawararam (temple of dawn), Wat Hong Rattanaram, Thonburi Palace etc.{{Cite web|url=http://27.254.189.213//Upload/web_file_manager_91253_1564127111_40108_file1.pdf|title=BEM Magazine ฉบับพิเศษ เปิดให้บริการโครงการรถไฟฟ้าสายสีน้ำเงินส่วนต่อขยาย|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817075341/http://27.254.189.213//Upload/web_file_manager_91253_1564127111_40108_file1.pdf|archive-date=2019-08-17|access-date=|url-status=dead}}

From this station, passengers can travel to various important places nearby, such as Dhonburi Rajabhat University, Bansomdej Chaopraya Rajabhat University, Kudi Chin Community, Taweethapisek School, Thonburi Hospital, Siriraj Hospital, Thonburi Railway Station with bus, songthaew (a type of tuk-tuk) or motorbike taxi.

{{Coord|13|44|18.3|N|100|29|07.1|E|region:TH_type:landmark|display=title}}

File:MRT BL32 Traditional station sign.svg