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Kamphaeng Phet metro station

Kamphaeng Phet
กำแพงเพชร
MRT (Bangkok) logo.svg  MRT 
Kamphaeng Phet Station platforms (1).jpg
Location Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates 13°47′52″N 100°32′54″E / 13.797693°N 100.548361°E / 13.797693; 100.548361Coordinates: 13°47′52″N 100°32′54″E / 13.797693°N 100.548361°E / 13.797693; 100.548361
Owned by Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA)
Operated by Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM)
Line(s) MRT Blue Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code KAM
History
Opened 3 July 2004 (2004-07-03)
Services
Preceding station   Bangkok Metro   Following station
toward Hua Lamphong
MRT Blue Line
toward Tao Poon

Kamphaeng Phet station (Thai: กำแพงเพชร) is a Bangkok MRT station on the Blue Line in Bangkok, Thailand. It is beneath Kamphaeng Phet Road (Thanon), providing a direct access to the Chatuchak Weekend Market and OrTorKor Market. Not to be confused with the town or province of Kamphaeng Phet. It has an underground mall that opened in early 2009.

The preceding station is Bang Sue Station and next station is Chatuchak Park.

The road is named after HRH Prince Purachatra Jayakara Prince of Kamphaeng Phet (Thai, พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าบุรฉัตรไชยากร กรมพระกำแพงเพชรอัครโยธิน), the first Thai commander of State Railway of Thailand.


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