Sukhumvit Line

BTS Sukhumvit Line
สายสุขุมวิท
Overview
OwnerBangkok Metropolitan Administration
LocaleBangkok, Samut Prakan, and Pathum Thani
Termini
StationsTotal : 57 stations
47 (operational)
9 (planned)
1 (provisional)
Color on map    Light Green
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBTS Skytrain
Operator(s)Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited
Depot(s)Mo Chit Depot (shared with  BTS )
Khu Khot Depot
Kheha Depot
Rolling stockSiemens Modular Metro
EMU-A1: 35 four-car trains
Siemens Bozankaya
EMU-A2: 22 four-car trains
CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles
EMU-B1: 12 four-car trains
CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles
EMU-B2: 5 four-car trains
CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles
EMU-B3: 24 four-car trains
Daily ridership926,294 ( BTS  and  BTS )
30 August 2024[1]
History
Opened5 December 1999; 24 years ago (1999-12-05)
Last extension16 December 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-16)
Technical
Line lengthTotal :69.07 km (42.92 mi)
51.17 km (31.80 mi) (operational)
17.9 km (11.1 mi) (planned)
CharacterFully elevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
SignallingFormer: Siemens Trainguard LZB700M fixed block ATC under ATO GoA 2 (STO)
Current: Bombardier CITYFLO 450 moving block CBTC ATC under ATO GoA 2 (STO), with subsystems of ATP, ATS and CBI[2][3]
Route map

Planned extension to Outer Ring Road-Lam Luk Ka
Khu Khot
Khu Khot depot
Yaek Kor Por Aor
Royal Thai Air Force Museum
Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital
Saphan Mai
Sai Yud
Phahon Yothin 59
Wat Phra Sri Mahathat
 MRT 
11th Infantry Regiment
Bang Bua
Royal Forest Department
Kasetsart University
Sena Nikhom
Ratchayothin
Phahon Yothin 24
Ha Yaek Lat Phrao
 MRT 
Blue Line to Lak Song
Mo Chit depot
Mo Chit
 MRT 
Saphan Khwai
Sena Ruam
(future)
Ari
Sanam Pao
Si Rat Expressway
Victory Monument
Phaya Thai
 ARL 
Airport Rail Link to Suvarnabhumi
SRT Eastern Line
to Bangkok │ to Chachoengsao
Ratchathewi
Silom Line to National Stadium
Siam
 BTS 
Silom Line to Bang Wa
Chit Lom
Phloen Chit
Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway
Nana
Asok
Blue Line to Tha Phra (via Bang Sue)
Phrom Phong
Thong Lo
Ekkamai
Phra Khanong
Chalong Rat Expressway
On Nut
Bang Chak
Punnawithi
Udom Suk
Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway
Third stage Expressway System
Bang Na
Bearing
Samrong
 MRT 
Pu Chao
Kanchanapisek Expressway
Chang Erawan
Royal Thai Naval Academy
Pak Nam
Srinagarindra
Phraek Sa
Sai Luat
Kheha
Samut Prakan depot
Planned extension to Bang Pu

The Sukhumvit Line (Thai: รถไฟฟ้า สายสุขุมวิท) is an elevated metro rail line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok, Thailand. From the central Siam Station, where it connects with the Silom Line, the line runs both northwards along Phaya Thai and Phahon Yothin Roads to Khu Khot in Lam Luk Ka District in Pathum Thani, and eastwards along Rama I, Phloen Chit and Sukhumvit Roads, through Bang Na District to Kheha Station in Samut Prakan. BTS daily ridership (2019) is 740,000 passengers per day.[4]

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