Mo Chit BTS station
railway station
Mo Chit Station (Thai: สถานีหมอชิต, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː mɔ̌ː t͡ɕʰít]) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located above Phahonyothin Road between Soi Phahon Yothin 18 and Soi Phahon Yothin 20. The station is named after the old Mo Chit Bus Terminal, whose building was repurposed as the BTS depot. Mo Chit station also served as the northern terminus of the Sukhumvit Line until 9 August 2019 when Ha Yaek Lat Phrao BTS station opened.
Nearby landmarks
The station is situated directly above Chatuchak Park MRT station which opened in 2004, allowing for an interchange outside the paid area via street level. Other nearby landmarks include BTS Depot, Chatuchak Park, Chatuchak Weekend Market and Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminal.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mo Chit BTS station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.