Asok BTS station


Asok

อโศก
 BTS 
Train leaving Asok station in 2006
General information
LocationWattana and Khlong Toei
Bangkok
Thailand
Coordinates13°44′13.32″N 100°33′37.51″E / 13.7370333°N 100.5604194°E / 13.7370333; 100.5604194
Owned byBangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (BTSGIF)
Operated byBangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited
(BTSC)
Line(s)
Other information
Station codeE4
History
Opened5 December 1999
Passengers
20215,542,521
Services
Preceding station BTS Skytrain Following station
Nana
towards Khu Khot
Sukhumvit Line Phrom Phong
towards Kheha
Preceding station Metropolitan Rapid Transit Following station
QSNCC
towards Lak Song
Blue Line
transfer at Sukhumvit
Phetchaburi
towards Tha Phra

Asok station (Thai: สถานีอโศก, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː ʔā.sòːk]) is a BTS Skytrain station on the Sukhumvit Line in Watthana and Khlong Toei Districts, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road at Asok Montri Intersection, with an interchange to MRT Blue Line at Sukhumvit station. Around the station, there are many hotels and facilities for foreign tourists and business people. The area to the west is a continuation of the Nana entertainment zone, and to the east is a dense commercial area with numerous skyscrapers.