Mass Rapid Transit

Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand and Bangkok Metro Public Company Limited names The M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line for common use is The MRT The M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon is the first railway system in Thailand that kept on underground level. Air conditions were designed in all 18 Stations and Close Circuit Televition Cameras (CCTV) are provided at strategic location to monitor the security of passengers. Lifts and escalators are provided for all passengers. The M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line starts from Bangkok Railway Station (Hua Lamphong) along Rama 4 road, crosses Samyan intersection, Silom intersection and Wireless intersection, turns left to Ratchadaphisek Road at Rama 4 intersection, passing Queen Sirikit National Convention Center to Asoke-Sukhumvit intersection, Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection, Rama 9 intersection, Huai Khwang intersection, and Sutthisan intersection, then turns left to Lat Phrao road at Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection, faces to Lat Phrao intersection, Phahon Yothin road, Chatuchak Park, Mo Chit Northern Bus Terminal (Old), and turns right to Kamphaeng Phet road, passing The Marketing Organization for Farmers (MOF) market, and finally ends at Bangsue Railway Station. Operating Hour • Everyday from 06.00hr. – 24.00hr. • Frequency - By 5 minutes during the Peak Hours 06.00hr. – 09.00hr. and 16.30hr. – 19.30hr. - By 7 minutes during the Off-Peak Hours. Administration Building, 189 RAMA IX Rd., Huaykhwang, Bangkok 10310, Thailand Tel : 66 (0) 2354-2000 Fax : 66 (0) 2354-2040 Customer Relations Center : 66 (0) 2624-5200 E-mail : crc@bangkokmetro.co.th

The Initial System Project, the Blue Line (Hua Lamphong-Bang Sue Section), which has now been named the M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line, first entered the public consciousness when H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej graciously designted H.R.H. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to lay the foundation stone at Hua Lamphong Railway Station on 19 November 1996. Later, on 9 August 1999, H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej graciously bestowed the name "Chaloem Ratchamongkhon" on this, Thailand's first underground line. The name means "Celebration of the Auspicious Kingship".