BTS Skytrain
Bangkok sits in chronic gridlock — three elevated lines run above it on 70 kilometers of track connecting the city end to end.
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With 62 stations across three lines, the BTS links Silom and Sathon Roads — Bangkok's central business district — to Klong San via the Gold Line, which runs from Krung Thon Buri and serves Iconsiam. Its formal name, "The Elevated Train in Commemoration of HM the King's 6th Cycle Birthday," appears throughout the system and signals that this infrastructure carries ceremonial weight alongside practical function.
What to look for
- The central interchange at Siam station where the Sukhumvit and Silom lines cross
- The Gold Line people mover branching off at Krung Thon Buri toward Klong San, serving Iconsiam along the way
- Station signage carrying the system's full royal ceremonial name
The two line-interchange points are Siam station (Sukhumvit meets Silom) and Krung Thon Buri (Gold Line connection) — plan your route around one of these hubs.
BTS Skytrain is one of 38 sights worth the detour in Bangkok, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Bangkok pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Bangkok
- Grand PalaceIn 1782 a king moved his entire capital from Thonburi to Bangkok and built this walled city — Thailand's seat of power for the next 143 years.
- Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha)Every Thai king since 1783 has personally added to this temple — and the reigning king still presides over state ceremonies here today.
- Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)Named for Aruna — the Hindu charioteer who drives the sun at dawn — this riverside spire was built to face the light it honors.
- Baiyoke Tower IIBangkok's tallest hotel stacks an observatory, a bar, and a revolving roof deck across three floors at 309 metres.
- Rajamangala National StadiumThailand's largest stadium swells like a concrete wave — narrow at each end, rising steeply until the stands crest exactly at the halfway line.
- Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha)A 46-metre reclining Buddha fills an entire hall — and this same temple invented traditional Thai massage.