Siam BTS station

{{Short description|Skytrain station in Bangkok, Thailand}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox station | name = 40px Siam | name_lang = | native_name = สยาม | native_name_lang = thai | symbol = | symbol_location = | type = | image = File:Siam BTS Station, view from Siam Paragon.jpg | alt = | caption = Siam BTS Station, viewing from Siam Paragon. | other_name = | address = Pathum Wan | borough = Bangkok | country = Thailand | coordinates = {{Coord|13|44|44.23|N|100|32|3.22|E|region:TH_type:railwaystation}} | grid_name = | grid_position = | elevation = | owned = Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (BTSGIF) | operator = Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) | manager = | transit_authority = | line = {{plain list| *{{rail color box|system=BTS Skytrain|line=Sukhumvit}} *{{rail color box|system=BTS Skytrain|line=Silom}} }} | distance = | platforms = 2 Island platform | tracks = 4 | train_operators = | connections = {{bus icon|12px}} BMTA Bus | structure = Elevated | depth = | levels = | parking = | bicycle = | architect = | architectural_style = | status = | code = CEN | iata = | zone = | classification = | website = | opened = {{Start date and age|1999|12|5|df=y}} | opening = | closed =  | rebuilt = | electrified = Third rail 750 V DC | former = | original = | pregroup = | postgroup = | prenational = | years = | events = | passengers = 6,160,924 | pass_system = | pass_year = 2021 | pass_percent = | pass_rank = | services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=BTS Skytrain |line1=Sukhumvit|left1=Ratchathewi|right1=Chit Lom |line2=Silom|left2=National Stadium|right2=Ratchadamri }} | other_services = | other_services_collapsible = | other_services_header = | other_services2 = | other_services2_collapsible = | other_services2_header = | footnotes = }}

'''Siam station''' ({{Langx|th|สถานีสยาม}}, {{RTGS|''Sathani Sayam''}}, {{IPA|th|sā.tʰǎː.nīː sā.jǎːm|pron}}) is the cross-platform interchange station on the Sukhumvit and Silom Lines of the BTS Skytrain. It is Located on Rama I Road to the west of Pathum Wan intersection in the heart of Siam area, a shopping area in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand. It is the largest and busiest station on the BTS with 40,000–50,000 passengers per day.

[[File:Crowded BTS skytrain Bangkok.jpg|thumb|Crowded people on '''Siam BTS station''' on the rush hour in Bangkok, Thailand]]

== Facilities == Siam station is one of four BTS stations utilising an island platform, the other being Samrong, Wat Phra Sri Mahathat and Ha Yaek Lat Phrao, and is the only station on the Silom line to feature an island platform. At Siam, this is to facilitate transfer between lines. The upper level allows transfer between trains heading to Khu Khot and the National Stadium. The lower interchange level allows transfers between trains heading to Bang Wa and Kheha.

The station is located on Rama I Road to the west of Pathum Wan intersection in the heart of Siam area. The station is linked via skybridges to the Siam Square One, Siam Paragon, Siam Center and Centerpoint of Siam Square shopping centres. It is also adjacent to Siam Square. Additionally, an elevated walkway (called Sky Walk) connects Siam station to Central World Plaza, the Ratchaprasong junction and Chit Lom station.

== Station layout == {| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|'''Floor 4 Platform''' | Platform '''2''' |'''Sukhumvit Line''' towards {{ltl|BTS Skytrain|Sukhumvit|l}} ({{stl|BTS Skytrain|Ratchathewi}}) |- | style = "border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, {{rcb|BTS Skytrain|Sukhumvit|inline=link}} doors will open on the left; {{rcb|BTS Skytrain|Silom|inline=link}} doors will open on the right |- | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform '''4''' | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''Silom Line''' towards {{ltl|BTS Skytrain|Silom|l}} (Terminus) |- | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|'''Floor 3 Platform''' |Platform '''1''' |'''Sukhumvit Line''' towards {{ltl|BTS Skytrain|Sukhumvit|r}} ({{stl|BTS Skytrain|Chit Lom}}) |- | style = "border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, {{rcb|BTS Skytrain|Sukhumvit|inline=link}} doors will open on the right; {{rcb|BTS Skytrain|Silom|inline=link}} doors will open on the left |- | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform '''3''' | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''Silom Line''' towards {{ltl|BTS Skytrain|Silom|r}} ({{stl|BTS Skytrain|Ratchadamri}}) |- | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=1 valign=top|'''Floor 2 ticket sales class ''' | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|ticket sales floor | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|Exit 1-6, BTS Passenger and Tourist Service Center Sale of tickets, ticket vending machines, shops Siam Paragon, Siam Center, Siam Square Day, CentralWorld - Royal Sky Walk |- | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=1 valign=top|'''Ground Floor street level ''' | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|- | style = "border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" valign=top|Bus stop, Siam Square Scala Cinema, Novotel Hotel, Wat Pathum Wanaram, Royal Thai Police Police General Hospital, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Pharmacy and Chulalongkorn University |}

== Bus connections == '''BMTA BUS''' * '''15''': Kanlapaphruek Depot – Bang Lamphu * '''16''': Kamphaengphet Depot - Mochit 2 – Surawong Road * '''21''': Wat Khu Sang – Chulalongkorn University * '''25''': Pak Nam – Sanam Luang * '''54''': Rama 9 Depot - Huai Khwang (Loop) * '''73''': Siam Park Depot – Memorial Bridge * '''79''': Borommaratchachonnani Depot – Ratchaprasong * '''141''': Samae Dam Depot – Chulalongkorn University * '''204''': Huai Khwang – Victory Monument - Ratchawong Pier (Ordinary Bus) * '''204''': Huai Khwang – Din Daeng - Ratchawong Pier (Air-Conditioner Bus) * '''501''': Min Buri – Hua Lamphong * '''508''': Pak Nam – Tha Raj Woradij

'''Smart BUS''' * '''40''': Lam Sali - Southern Bus Terminal (Pinklao) * '''48''': Ramkhamhaeng University Bangna Campus - Wat Pho

'''CU POP BUS''' * '''1''': Sala Phrakiao - BTS Siam (Loop) * '''4''': Sala Phrakiao - BTS Siam - Faculty of Education

== Nearby landmarks == * Siam Square * Scala Cinema * Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine of Chulalongkorn University<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chula.ac.th/|title=จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย|website=จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย|access-date=2016-04-02}}</ref> * Wat Pathum Wanaram * Royal Thai Police Headquarters * Police General Hospital

=== Shopping === * Siam Center * Siam Discovery * Siam Paragon * CentralWorld

=== Hotels === * Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre * Novotel Siam Square Hotel * Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok * Chatrium Hotel Grand Siam Bangkok

==See also== Other interchange stations in Bangkok with paid area integration. * Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal (Bang Sue Grand Station) * Muang Thong Thani MRT station * Tao Poon MRT station * Wat Phra Sri Mahathat station

== References == {{commons category|Siam Station}} {{Reflist}}

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Category:BTS Skytrain stations Category:Pathum Wan district Category:Railway stations in Thailand opened in 1999