Si Lom station (, , ) is an underground station of the
Bangkok MRT, on the
Blue Line. The station is located beneath
Rama IV Road
Rama IV Road ( th, ถนนพระรามที่ 4, ; usually shortened to , ) is a main road in Bangkok, Thailand. It starts at Mo Mi Junction in the area of Bangkok's Chinatown in Samphanthawong and Pom Prap Sattru Phai Districts and ...
at
Sala Daeng Intersection, where
Si Lom Road
Si Lom Road (also written as Silom, th, สีลม, ) is a major street in the Thai capital Bangkok, best known for its commercial neighbourhood, which, along with the nearby and roughly parallel Sathon Road, forms one of the city's main bus ...
begins, serving one of the city's main business districts.
Station
Si Lom station is the 26th station on the Blue Line, lying between the
Lumphini and
Sam Yan stations on a section of the line running beneath Rama IV Road. It has been described as the most challenging to construct of the Blue Line, since it lies beneath the Thai–Japan Bridge that crosses Sala Daeng Intersection, requiring a complex
underpinning
In construction or renovation, underpinning is the process of strengthening the foundation of an existing building or other structure. Underpinning may be necessary for a variety of reasons:
* The original foundation isn't strong or stable enough. ...
process to replace the bridge's original foundations. The station features two vertically stacked platforms beneath the main concourse level, which is deeper than that of other stations to accommodate the bridge foundations. At a depth reaching , it is the deepest station in the MRT system, and features the longest escalator in Southeast Asia.
Si Lom station is connected to
Sala Daeng BTS station by a covered elevated walkway, and forms one of the three original main links between the MRT and BTS systems. The station has two exits: one on the northeast corner of the intersection, near the entrance to
Lumphini Park
Lumphini Park ( th, สวนลุมพินี, , ), also Lumpini or Lumpinee, is a 360 rai () park in Bangkok, Thailand. The park offers rare open public space, trees, and playgrounds in the Thai capital and contains an artificial lake w ...
, and the other, which connects to the skywalk, on the south corner in front of the
Dusit Thani Hotel (now under redevelopment).
File:201701 Si Lom–Sala Daeng Flyover.jpg, The skywalk linking Si Lom station and Sala Deang Station
Nearby Landmarks
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Lumphini Park
Lumphini Park ( th, สวนลุมพินี, , ), also Lumpini or Lumpinee, is a 360 rai () park in Bangkok, Thailand. The park offers rare open public space, trees, and playgrounds in the Thai capital and contains an artificial lake w ...
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Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute
The Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute (QSMI) ( th, สถานเสาวภา; ) in Bangkok, Thailand, is an institute that specialises in the husbandry of venomous snakes, the extraction and research of snake venom, and vaccines, especiall ...
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Patpong Museum
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Silom Complex
References
MRT (Bangkok) stations
Railway stations opened in 2005
2005 establishments in Thailand
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