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Phahon Yothin 59 BTS station

railway station in Bangkok, Thailand

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ104211602 ↗
Source-derived summary

Phahon Yothin 59 Station (Thai: สถานีพหลโยธิน 59, RTGS: Sathani Phahon Yothin Ha Sip Kao, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː pʰā.hǒn jōː.tʰīn hâː sìp kâːw]) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Bangkok, Thailand. The station is part of the northern extension of the Sukhumvit Line and opened on 16 December 2020, as part of phase 4.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Phahon Yothin 59 BTS station” as railway station in Bangkok, Thailand. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Phahon, Yothin and station.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Phahon, Yothin and station providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Phahon Yothin 59 BTS station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Bangkok, Thailand” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104211602. Authority coordinates are 13.883, 100.601. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020.

Critical limits

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How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from “Phahon Yothin 59 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.