Light Blue Line (Bangkok)

{{Infobox rail line | name = Light Blue Line รถไฟฟ้าสายสีฟ้า | color = {{rcr|MRT|Light Blue}} | image = {{huge|{{RouteBox|12||#87cefa|black}}}} | image_width = 80px | caption = | type = | system = [[MRT (Bangkok)|MRT]] | status = Planned | locale = [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] | start = Pracha Songkhro | end = Chong Nonsi | stations = 9 (Planned) | routes = | daily_ridership = | open = | close = | owner = [[Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand]] | operator = | character = | stock = | linelength = {{convert|9.5|km|mi|sp=us}} (est.) | tracklength = | tracks = | gauge = | electrification =  | speed =  | elevation = | map = {{MRT Light Blue Line route|inline=1}} | map_state = show }}

The '''Light Blue Line''' (Din Daeng – Sathon) is a planned [[monorail]] line to be built in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. Its path runs along a north–south axis. This line would link the [[Din Daeng District|Din Daeng]] housing community areas, [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|Bangkok City Hall 2]], [[Makkasan station (Airport Rail Link)|Makkasan Station]] (for the [[Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link]]), and the business area along [[Sathon Road]].

The total distance of the route is approximately {{Convert|9.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} with 9 stations and an estimated 320,000 passengers per day. The line was tentatively planned to be completed by 2029, but was deferred in 2011 by the government. In 2013, the [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] took over responsibility for the Light Blue line project.

BMA transferred the project to the [[Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand]] (MRTA) on December 27, 2024, as it is believed that consolidating the project under a single owner will enable better control of fare prices, preventing them from becoming excessively high. After the transfer, the MRTA will reassess the project to determine the feasibility of further construction.

== Progress == The [[Yingluck Shinawatra]]-led [[Pheu Thai]] government, elected in July 2011, decided not to pursue plans to continue the [[Grey Line (Bangkok Rapid Transit)|Grey Line]] and the Light Blue Line, citing that the lines would not be feasible within their 4-year, 10-lines priority plan. The [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] (BMA) was invited to consider both projects but they would have to fund them.<ref name="M-Map">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160311064827/http://www.prachachat.net/news_detail.php?newsid=1314757223&grpid=00&catid=&subcatid= เพื่อไทยรื้อแผนปชป. ตัดทิ้งรถไฟฟ้าสองสาย เส้นวัชรพล-พระราม 9 และดินแดง-สาธร]</ref>

Given delays in 2013 and 2014 with tendering other priority mass transit lines related to the [[2013–2014 Thai political crisis|political crisis in Thailand]], it is highly unlikely that the Light Blue line will be considered by either the BMA or the [[Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand|Mass Rapid Transit Authority]] for many years. {{As of|2022}}, there are no plans to implement the Light Blue line by the BMA.

== Stations == The route has a total of 9 planned stations.

=== List of planned stations === {| class="wikitable" ! style="background-color:#99ccff"|Station Name ! style="background-color:#99ccff" colspan="2"|Transfer |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''[[Pracha Songkhro MRT station|Pracha Songkhro]]'' | bgcolor="#EAFFEA"| {{rint|bangkok|Orange}} (under tender) | bgcolor="#FF6601"| |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Mit Maitri'' |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''[[Din Daeng MRT station|Din Daeng]]'' |{{rint|bangkok|Orange}} (under tender) | |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Makkasan'' | bgcolor="#EAFFEA"| {{rint|bangkok|Airport}} {{rint|bangkok|Blue}} {{rint|bangkok|Light Red}} (Tender 2022) | bgcolor=E32636| |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Phetchaburi'' |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Phloen Chit'' | bgcolor="#EAFFEA"| {{rint|bangkok|Sukhumvit}} | bgcolor=77CC00| |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Lumphini'' | bgcolor="#EAFFEA"| {{rint|bangkok|Blue}} | bgcolor="#0000FF"| |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |''Suan Phlu'' |- | bgcolor="#DFDFFF" |[[Chong Nonsi Station|Chong Nonsi]] | bgcolor="#EAFFEA"| {{rint|bangkok|Silom}} [[Bangkok BRT]] | bgcolor=008000| |}

== Network map == {{Wide image|File:2023versionofbangkokmassrapidtransitmap.png|700px}}

== See also== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * [[Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region]] * [[MRT (Bangkok)]] * [[MRT Blue Line]] * [[MRT Brown Line]] * [[MRT Grey Line]] * [[MRT Pink Line]] * [[MRT Orange Line]] * [[MRT Purple Line]] * [[MRT Yellow Line]] * [[BTS Skytrain]] * [[BTS Sukhumvit Line]] * [[BTS Silom Line]] * [[Airport Rail Link (Bangkok)]] * [[SRT Light Red Line]] * [[SRT Dark Red Line]] * [[Bangkok BRT]] * [[Gold Line (Bangkok)|BMA Gold Line]] {{Div col end}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.bts.co.th/eng/routemap.html Airport Rail Link, BTS, MRT & BRT network map] * [https://www.mrta.co.th/th/ MRTA]

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