Линия метро из аэропорта в Бангкок

Airport Rail Link | Map | Useful Information

Service Route
SA Express
This line provides transportation service between Bangkok City Air Terminal (BCAT) from Makkasan to Suvarnabhumi Airport within 15 minutes, which stops only at Makkasan Station (original terminal) and Suvarnabhumi Station (end terminal).

There are total of 4 trains providing services in SA Express. Each train has 3 passenger cars, which have 170 passenger seats, and 1 baggage car that makes up altogether 4 cars. It provides service from 06.00 to 01.00

Makkasan Station
BCAT is the originating point of the SA Express Line as well as a station for the SA City Line, which has many facilities such as check-in counter service that passengers can check-in and load their baggage to the baggage car which provides convenience of transferring baggage to various airlines.

Suvarnabhumi Station
This is an underground station, part of which is under Suvarnabhumi Airport Terminal and passengers can access the airport from the station and hotel connection point. It has various facilities such as elevator, escalator, ramp, etc

Furthermore, the station also has other services such as Flight Information, Car Park with capacity of 300 cars and 100 motorcycles, Bus Parking Area, Taxi Stand, and passengers can also interchange to BTS (Petchaburi Station).

SA City Line
This line provides service between Phyathai Station to the end terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport within 30 minutes, which stops at 6 stations along the way such as Rajprarop Station, Makkasan Station, Ramkhamhaeng Station, Hua Mark Station, Thab Chang Station, and Lad Krabang Station. It covers a distance of 28 kilometers.

SA City Line has 5 trains, each train has 3 passenger cars with the capacity of 745 passengers per train for the 24-hour service.

Phyathai Station
This is the originating terminal of the SA City Line, which is located east of Phyathai Road linking Phyathai BTS Station.

Bangkok City Air Terminal (Makkasan Station)
BCAT is the originating point of the SA Express Line as well as a station for the SA City Line, which has many facilities such as check-in counter service that passengers can check-in and load their baggage to the baggage car which provides convenience of transferring baggage to various airlines.

Rajprarop Station
This station is located on Rajprarop Road intersecting Nikommakkasan Road closed to Pratunam, of which nearby area will be developed into a new major business and trade center in the future.

Ramkhamhaeng Station
This station is located adjacent to Ramkhamhaeng Road at Klong Ton Intersection closed to Ramkhamhaeng University, Assumption University, Rajamangala National Stadium, and shopping center within 2.5-km radius.

Ticket Distribution
Every Airport Rail Link station has been installed with at least 2 automatic token dispensers. Number of automatic token dispenser in each station depends on station’s size. Automatic token dispenser at Airport Rail Link station is designed to calculate fair of a single passenger up to 5 passengers. The computer program will automatically calculate the fair, which passengers can use 1 baht, 5 baht, and 10 baht coins, or notes to purchase the token.

This machine has an automatic changing and receipt system. Token can be easily purchase by merely selecting the destination station. The machine will calculate the fair according to the distance. City Line’s fair start from 15 baht up to 45 baht, while Express’s fair is a flat rate of 150 baht. After the passenger has paid specified amount, the machine will dispense token as a gate pass for entering the platform, and it will print out a receipt for the amount and give out the change, which passengers have an option whether to print out the receipt.

Airport Rail Link has a prepaid pass, like other trains, when passengers touch the pass at the reader, it will indicate the balance and details of which station the passenger has been travelled through, as well as number of time the prepay has been made. The minimal prepaid value is 50 baht, which passengers can prepay up to 1,000 baht. The machine does not have the change system for the prepaying the prepaid pass. The system that coordinates with the automatic token dispenser is platform gate, which reads the information in the token. If the information is valid, the gate will open to allow passenger to enter the platform. The gate has a capacity of 45 passengers per minute. Number of gate depends on number of passengers and station’s size.

Facilities
Automatic Token Dispenser is designed to provide prepaid pass service and single trip token. Passengers can select destination and number of required token. The machine will then automatically calculate the fair and give out change as well as print out the receipt. City Line’s fair start from 15 baht up to 45 baht, while Express’s fair is a flat rate of 150 baht.
Facilities for the disables consists of disables parking, especially Braille system and voice announcement indicating the floor for the blinds. There is also as area allocated especially for the disables within the passenger car.

Ticket distribution channel and access gate were also designed with the consideration of the disables, of which the height and width suitable for wheelchair access as well as various signs for the disables, which are posted at a regular interval. Toilets, there are also toilets for the disables on the Express Line and at the Makkasan Station, especially near shops and restaurants in the station area.

Car Park’s capacity of 300 cars ( Station)

Services for the Disables
The State Railway of Thailand emphasizes the importance of Airport Rail Link system design for the disables, which includes many facilities such as disables’ car park, especially the elevator that is particularly spacious for wheelchair access. Within the elevator, Braille buttons and voice announcement are available to indicate the floo r for the blinds.

There is also as area allocated especially for the disables within the passenger car. Ticket distribution channel and access gate were also designed with the consideration of the disables, of which the height and width suitable for wheelchair access as well as various signs for the disables, which are posted at a regular interval, indicating each area. Toilets, there are also toilets for the disables on the Express Line and at the Makkasan Station. All this is regarded as Universal Design which is a complete service according to international standard.

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