actiondell4 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Mostly i go to Pattaya on my holidays and havent been to Bangkok for quite a while,however this trip i am going back to Bangkok. I am a train/railway buff and i want to go back to see the skytrain again,however can anyone tell me the difference between skytrain and the BTS? Are they different owners? Also does Bangkok have a Government railway service and where is the Govt Central railway station?,if there is one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grtaylor Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 (edited) Mostly i go to Pattaya on my holidays and havent been to Bangkok for quite a while,however this trip i am going back to Bangkok.I am a train/railway buff and i want to go back to see the skytrain again,however can anyone tell me the difference between skytrain and the BTS? Are they different owners? Also does Bangkok have a Government railway service and where is the Govt Central railway station?,if there is one? The BTS is the skytrain, "Skytrain" is a nickname. MRT is the underground. SRT (State Railway of Thailand) is the government railway system. Hualamphong station is their main station in BKK. You can get to it at the end of the underground. Here are their links: MRT - Underground BTS - Skytrain (website not working!) SRT - State Railway of Thailand Hope that helps. Edited February 24, 2008 by grtaylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supalak1944 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Mostly i go to Pattaya on my holidays and havent been to Bangkok for quite a while,however this trip i am going back to Bangkok.I am a train/railway buff and i want to go back to see the skytrain again,however can anyone tell me the difference between skytrain and the BTS? Are they different owners? Also does Bangkok have a Government railway service and where is the Govt Central railway station?,if there is one? Skytrain and BTS is one and the same thing. Hua Lamphong is the State Railway of Thailand main station. There are others around Bangkok but to me this is the main one. The SRT HQ is up the road from this station. Don't forget the underground too. Get a mix of them all and you shuld have a good time. Example get a SRT train from Hua Lamphong to Bang Sue Junction station and you can get the underground back. Enjoy your visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asanee Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 maybe here you''ll find more info forum of www.2bangkok.com, has a section of the thai rail fan club. or pictures etc. on thaitransit.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnite80 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Here is a link to a perfect explanation of Bangkok's transport system. It includes maps, BTS, Subway and MRT.. http://www.diversethoughts.com/blog/2011/11/4/bangkok-transport.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asanee Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 appears to be a Thai style copy-copy. More-and for all metro networkds of this world: www.urbanrail.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomatopo Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Seat61 has some good info. Try this train --> Bangkok to Maha Chai and another link. SRT Timetables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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