Bangkok has opened four new MRT subway stations in the Old City and Chinatown neighbourhood, part of a 14-km extension to the MRT Blue Line, which involves 11 new stations in all.
The new stations are Wat Mangkon, Sam Yot, Sanam Chai and Itsaraphap Stations, which are located in this order after Hua Lamphong Station from where the extension begins.
Sanam-Chai Station.
TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the opening of the new stations greatly increases the ease and convenience of visiting some of Bangkok’s most famous attractions.
The four new stations are decorated to celebrate and honour the traditions and heritage of Bangkok’s old town (Rattanakosin) area – home to many of the Thai capital’s most spectacular attractions, such as the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) and Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) – and the charms of Chinatown.