Kamphaeng Phet station ( th, สถานีกำแพงเพชร, ) is a Bangkok MRT station on the Blue Line in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

. It is beneath

Kamphaeng Phet Road 250px, Shield of Highway 3508, used for Kamphaeng Phet 6 Road in the area of Pathum Thani Kamphaeng Phet Road ( th, ถนนกำแพงเพชร, , ) is a road in Thailand capital Bangkok, there are currently eight branches. The road is a ...

(Thanon), providing a direct access to the

Chatuchak Weekend Market The Chatuchak Weekend Market ( th, ตลาดนัดจตุจักร, ), on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, is the largest market in Thailand. Also known as JJ Market, it has more than 15,000 stalls and 11,505 vendors (2019) ...

and OrTorKor Market. Not to be confused with the town or province of

Kamphaeng Phet Kamphaeng Phet is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, former capital of the Kamphaeng Phet Province. It covers the complete ''tambon'' Nai Mueang of the Mueang Kamphaeng Phet district. As of 2020, it has a population of 28,817. ...

. It has an

underground mall An underground city is a series of linked subterranean spaces that may provide a defensive refuge; a place for living, working or shopping; a transit system; mausolea; wine or storage cellars; cisterns or drainage channels; or several of thes ...

that opened in early 2009. The preceding station is Bang Sue station and next station is

Chatuchak Park Chatuchak Park ( th, สวนจตุจักร; ) is a public park in the southwest part of Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is also the name of the Chatuchak Park MRT Station that lies under the park. Its name is the origin name o ...

. The road is named after Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaeng Phet ( Thai, พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าบุรฉัตรไชยากร กรมพระกำแพงเพชรอัครโยธิน), the first Thai commander of State Railway of Thailand.

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MRT (Bangkok) stations Chatuchak district Railway stations opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Thailand {{Asia-metro-stub