Asok BTS Station


Asok
สถานีอโศก
BTS Skytrain

Train leaving Asok Station
Location Wattana, Bangkok
Coordinates 13°44′13.32″N 100°33′37.51″E / 13.7370333°N 100.5604194°E / 13.7370333; 100.5604194
Line(s) Sukhumvit Line
Connections Bangkok Metro Blue Line: Sukhumvit
Other information
Station code E4
Services
Preceding station   Bangkok Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Mo Chit
Sukhumvit Line
toward Bearing
toward Hua Lamphong
MRT Blue Line
Transfer at: Sukhumvit
toward Bang Sue
The station as seen from the busy streets of Bangkok
Ratchadaphisek Road at Asok junction with Sukhumvit Road, seen towards south

Asok station (Thai: สถานีอโศก) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Watthana District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road at Asok Montri Road (Sukhumvit Soi 21), with interchange to Bangkok Metro Blue Line at Sukhumvit Station.

Around the station is the clusters of hotels and facilities for foreign tourists and business people. The area to the west is a continuation of the Nana entertainment zone, and to east is dense commercial area with numerous skyscrapers. Srinakharinwirot University (Prasarnmit Campus). The Siam Society, knowledge society with facilities for learning art, history, culture and natural sciences of Thailand and neighbouring countries, is to the north of the station on Asok Montri Road.

Facilities

References

    Coordinates: 13°44′13.32″N 100°33′37.51″E / 13.7370333°N 100.5604194°E / 13.7370333; 100.5604194


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