Bangkok BTS Map and Info Daily Operating Hours 06.00 a.m. - midnight BTS map and station listings are found below. Tickets are bought from machines at the stations outside the gates. Payment can only be made by coins but change is given at the service desks. Tickets are currently only valid within the BTS system.

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The BTS, or as it is commonly referred to, the Sky Trains, consist of 2 lines that are connected. At it is possible to change to the MRT (the subway). Bangkok bus connections at BTS stations are listed.

The first line of the MRT system Overview Native name รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร Owner Locale Transit type (and ( planned)) Number of lines 2 in operation ( 1 under construction) Number of stations 35 Daily ridership 410,000 (Sept 2017) Annual ridership 92.4 million (in 2014) Operation Began operation 3 July 2004 Operator(s) (: ) Number of vehicles 19 three-car trains 21 three-car trains Technical System length 45 km (28 mi) 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 1⁄ 2 in) Top speed 80 km/h (50 mph) The Metropolitan Rapid Transit or MRT is a system serving the in. The first section of the between and opened in 2004 as Bangkok's second public transit system, while the opened in August 2016. The MRT is operated by the Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM) under a concession granted by the ( MRTA). Along with the and the, the MRT is part of Bangkok's. The MRT serves more than 240,000 passengers each day. It has 35 operational stations along 43 kilometers (27 mi) of underground route.

The Blue Line, officially the Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line, was the first of the two lines currently in operation. As of 2016, two extensions of the Blue Line are under construction. When completed, the Blue Line will become a loop line around the centre of Bangkok, with an extension to Bang Khae on its western side. The, officially the Chalong Ratchadham Line, began its full service on August 6, 2016. MRT Purple Line will connect with in the northwest, and will be the first public transit line outside the. The MRT line is officially known in Thai as rotfaifa mahanakhon (รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร) or 'metropolitan electric train', but it is more commonly called rotfai taidin (รถไฟใต้ดิน), literally, 'underground train'. Purple Line map The MRT was constructed under a concession concept.

For the first MRT line, officially known as Chaloem Ratchamongkhon or informally as the 'Blue Line', most civil infrastructure were provided by the government sector, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand ( MRTA), and handed over to their concessionaire under a 25-year concession agreement. (BEM) was the only private sector company that won a bid in MRTA's concession contract for the blue line. As MRTA's concessionaire, BEM provides M&E equipment, including electrical trains, signalling systems, SCADA, communication, PSD, etc. For the subway project and fully operates the system. To maintain the system, BEM has subcontracted in 10 years to Siemens which was the M&E system supplier since system opening and 7 years maintenance contract to two local maintenance services for north and south line.

The construction of the first Bangkok Metro line, officially known as Chaloem Ratchamongkhon (Thai สายเฉลิมรัชมงคล) – 'Celebration of Royal Auspice' – or informally as the 'Blue Line', began on 19 November 1996. The project suffered multiple delays not only because of the, but also due to challenging civil engineering works of constructing massive underground structures deep in the water-logged soil upon which the city is built. The was opened for a limited public trial period of several weeks starting on 13 April 2004.

On 3 July 2004 the line was officially opened at 19:19 local time by and, who were accompanied by other members of the royal family. Within 30 minutes of its opening, sightseers filled the system to its maximum capacity, but after the initial rush ridership has settled down to around 180,000 riders daily — considerably lower than projections of over 400,000, despite fares being slashed in half from 12-38 baht to 10-15 baht per trip. From 2006 until 2008, fares ranged between 14-36 baht per trip. The fare was raised to 16-41 Baht on 1 January 2009.

Current daily ridership (2014) stands at about 253,000. In August 2016, the opened for service. In August 2017, the Blue was belatedly extended to Tao Poon station allowing interchange with the Purple Lines. Operation [ ] Considering that Bangkok is a low-lying plain which is prone to flooding, all of the Metro's station entrances are raised about one metre above the ground level and are equipped with built-in floodgates in order to avoid water inundating the system.