BTS Sukhumvit Line สายสุขุมวิท | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) |
Locale | Bangkok, Samut Prakan, and Pathum Thani |
Termini | |
Stations | 47 stations 1 provisional station |
Color on map | Light Green |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | BTS Skytrain |
Operator(s) | Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited |
Depot(s) | Mo Chit Depot (shared with BTS ) Khu Khot Depot Kheha Depot |
Rolling stock | Siemens Modular Metro EMU-A1: 35 trains Siemens Bozankaya CNR Changchun CNR Changchun EMU-B3: 24 trains |
Daily ridership | 1,758,544 ( BTS and BTS ) |
History | |
Opened | 5 December 1999 |
Technical | |
Line length | 51.17 km (31.80 mi) |
Character | Fully elevated |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Electrification | 750 V DC third rail |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
Signalling | Former: 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[1][2] |
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.[3]