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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. [1] The station is named after the former Mo ...
The station serves as many as 150,000 daily passengers, especially during the peak New Year and Songkran seasons. [2] [3] The Mo Chit 2 station has a total area of around 100,000 square meters (about the area of Millennium Park in Chicago). The terminal can handle over 150,000 passengers monthly and about 5,000 dailies.
The name Mo Chit (Thai: หมอชิต) was derived from that of Mo Chit Market, which was held in the area before the bus station was built.The market's name, literally meaning "Doctor Chit", is in turn believed to refer to Chit Naphasap (Thai: ชิต นภาศัพท์, 1895–1953), an entrepreneur best known for his brand of ya nat [], a Thai form of herbal snuff.
Mo Chit (Thai: หมอชิต, pronounced [mɔ̌ː t͡ɕʰít]) may refer to: . Mo Chit 2 bus terminal, officially known as Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak); Mo Chit Bus Terminal, a former bus station in Bangkok and the predecessor of Mo Chit 2 bus terminal.
When it opened, the line ran from Mo Chit to On Nut covering a total distance of 16.7 km (10.4 mi) with 17 stations. As of October 2024, [update] Sukhumvit Line is one of the main arteries of the Bangkok Mass Rapid Transit System with 900,000 daily passengers per day (combined with the Silom Line ).
The Blue Line runs for 37.1 kilometres (23.1 mi) from Tao Poon Station in a southward arc through the east along Ratchadaphisek Road, via Hua Lamphong, where it connects to the central railway station, to Lak Song. It has 38 stations, and connects to the BTS system at BTS stations Mo Chit, Asok, Sala Daeng and Bang Wa.
Bangkok Bus Terminal (Borommaratchachonnani), commonly known as New Southern Bus Terminal, is one of the three main long-distance bus stations serving Greater Bangkok. (The other two being Ekkamai Bus Terminal and Mo Chit 2 bus terminal) Managed by The Transport Company, Ltd., (TCL), it's the main spot for those who are traveling by bus to and from many provinces in southern Thailand ...
Chatuchak Park seen from Mo Chit BTS Station. Adjoining the Chatuchak Weekend Market to the north is the Chatuchak Park complex, covering 1.13 km 2 of a former State Railway of Thailand golf course consisting of Chatuchak Park (สวนจตุจักร), Queen Sirikit Park (สวนสมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ฯ), and Wachirabenchathat ...