Makkasan Station
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Makkasan Station
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| Location | Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°45′04″N 100°33′41″E / 13.7510°N 100.5613°ECoordinates: 13°45′04″N 100°33′41″E / 13.7510°N 100.5613°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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ARL SRT (planned) |
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| Platforms | Split platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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MRT : Phetchaburi MRT Station MRL : Makkasan MRT Station (planned) |
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | CAT | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Makkasan Station (Thai: สถานีมักกะสัน) is a rapid transit station on the Airport Rail Link. The station was opened in August 2010. It is the biggest rapid transit station in Bangkok. City Air Terminal was the terminal station for the Airport Rail Link Express Line, which was suspended in September 2014 due to a shortage of rolling stock. Currently, the station is a stop on the Airport Rail Link City Line.
Thai Airways' City Air Terminal facilities are located inside the station. As of September 2014, the City Air Terminal check-in service is no longer operational.
The station has a skywalk, accessible by escalators and elevator, connecting it to Phetchaburi MRT Station, MRT Blue Line.
Makkasan is the largest station on the Airport Rail Line connecting Suvarnabhumi Airport with downtown Bangkok. It was envisioned as a city air terminal where passengers could check into outgoing flights and connect to the public transportation network in Bangkok. In reality, the terminal is rarely used due to its inconvenient location and lack of connections to other public transportation. The nearest subway stop is about 800 meters away and requires crossing busy city streets outdoors. Access to the terminal is via one crowded road and when leaving the terminal traffic must go in a direction that makes getting to the popular Sukhumvit and Silom areas time-consuming and inconvenient.
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