# Phloen Chit Road

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Street in Bangkok, Thailand

"Phloen Chit" redirects here. For other uses, see [Phloen Chit (disambiguation)](/source/Phloen_Chit_(disambiguation)).

Phloen Chit Road, looking west from Chit Lom BTS Station

**Phloen Chit Road** ([Thai](/source/Thai_language): ถนนเพลินจิต, also spelled **Ploenchit**, pronounced [\[pʰlɤ̄ːn.tɕìt\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai)) is a major road in central [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok). Located entirely within [Lumphini Subdistrict](/source/Lumphini_Subdistrict) of [Pathum Wan District](/source/Pathum_Wan_District), it runs a short distance of 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) between [Ratchaprasong Intersection](/source/Ratchaprasong_Intersection) and the [Maenam railway branch line](/source/Maenam_Branch_Line), forming a continuation of the westward [Rama I Road](/source/Rama_I_Road) and then itself continuing on to the east as [Sukhumvit Road](/source/Sukhumvit_Road). It serves the neighbourhoods of Ratchaprasong, **Chit Lom Intersection** (where it intersects Chit Lom and Lang Suan Roads) and **Phloen Chit Intersection** (where it intersects [Witthayu Road](/source/Witthayu_Road)), which are home to major shopping malls, hotels and office towers. The areas are served by the [Chit Lom](/source/Chit_Lom_BTS_Station) and [Phloen Chit Stations](/source/Phloen_Chit_BTS_Station) of the [BTS skytrain](/source/BTS_skytrain), whose [Sukhumvit Line](/source/Sukhumvit_Line) runs above Phloen Chit Road.

## History

Phloen Chit Road was built in 1920, in the reign of King [Vajiravudh](/source/Vajiravudh) (Rama VI).[1] Much of the area was then developed by the enterprising Chinese businessman [Nai Lert](/source/Nai_Lert), who bought large amounts of land, building for himself an estate (now [Nai Lert Park](/source/Nai_Lert_Park)) and subdivided the rest into plots to sell.[2] The [British Embassy](/source/British_Embassy%2C_Bangkok), established on the corner of Phloen Chit Intersection in 1922, used to occupy one of the largest compounds in the area.

Its name, *"Phloen Chit"*, means "enjoy the mind" and was proposed by Prince [Narathip Praphanphong](/source/Narathip_Praphanphong). At that time, the area was considered a suburb, far from downtown, and traveling there was inconvenient. Ironically, people sometimes referred to it as "don't worry" because of the effort required to reach it.[1]

## References

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Vi_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Vi_1-1) pongsakornlovic (23 April 2019). ["CHN_184_Phloen Chit Road"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEqzBDc7Ipk). *via YouTube* (in Thai). Retrieved 28 December 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Warren, William (2002). [*Bangkok*](https://archive.org/details/bangkok00warr/page/79). London: Reaktion. p. [79](https://archive.org/details/bangkok00warr/page/79). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781861891297](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781861891297).

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