BTS Sukhumvit line, station by station

The Skytrain is where a lot of us first felt like we were in Bangkok on our own terms: no uncle driving, no taxi negotiation, just a cold carriage gliding past the billboards with the city underneath. The Sukhumvit line is the long green one, and it runs past most of the places a family trip ends up.

This page goes down the line and stops where it’s useful for a family. How to buy tickets and pay is in getting around Bangkok, which is the page to read first. Last checked 20 October 2026. Station facilities change, and fares are due to change in 2027, so check before you go.

Before you ride with grandparents

• Pay the BTS way. The MRT takes contactless bank cards; the BTS, as of October 2026, still runs on its own tickets and the Rabbit card. Details in getting around Bangkok.
• Find the lift before the stairs. BTS stations are elevated, so look for the lift on the station map, or ask at the ticket office, before anyone starts up the steps. Our Bangkok with your Thai family page has more on stations with a buggy or a stick.
• Avoid rush hour. Weekday mornings and evenings are packed. Mid-morning is kinder to everyone.

The northern stops

Ha Yaek Lat Phrao (N9). Change here for the MRT Blue Line at Phahon Yothin, via a walkway of about 330 metres, says Wikipedia. Plenty of families live out this way.

Mo Chit (N8). For Chatuchak Weekend Market, which TAT says has more than 15,000 stalls, and the parks around it. Rot Fai Park, with its free butterfly garden, is the one children like; Time Out lists it as near BTS Mo Chit and the MRT. More in our Bangkok parks guide. Change to the MRT at Chatuchak Park.

Further north, the line continues past Kasetsart University to Khu Khot. At Wat Phra Sri Mahathat (N17) you can change to the MRT Pink Line monorail.

The middle: from Phaya Thai to Siam

Phaya Thai (N2). Where the Airport Rail Link from Suvarnabhumi ends. The Rail Link’s operator arrangement was extended to 31 January 2027 and passenger services were said to be unaffected (The Nation, September 2026). More in landing in Bangkok when your family is waiting.

Siam (CEN). The heart of it: the one station where the Sukhumvit and Silom lines meet, cross-platform. Around it are Siam Paragon (with SEA LIFE Bangkok Ocean World underneath), Siam Center, Siam Discovery and, a short walk away, MBK Center. Our Bangkok malls guide explains which is which.

Chit Lom (E1). The stop for CentralWorld, which Time Out calls Thailand’s largest shopping mall.

Sukhumvit proper: Asok to Udom Suk

Asok (E4). Change here for MRT Sukhumvit station. Terminal 21 is right there, with its Pier 21 food court, where Time Out puts meals at under 40 to 150 baht. From here Benjakitti Park is a walk away (MRT Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre is closest); its skywalk over the wetlands is lovely at sunset.

Phrom Phong (E5). EmQuartier connects to the station and sits in the “EM District” with Emporium and EmSphere. Benchasiri Park is right by the station: small, with a pond and a playground, and evening aerobics from about 6pm. It’s the easy hour of green if you’re staying on Sukhumvit.

Thong Lo (E6) and Ekkamai (E7). Restaurant and café streets that younger cousins will know better than you. Any nightlife round here is for another page and another evening: Bangkok rooftop bars covers the grown-up version.

Udom Suk (E12). The nearest BTS station to Suan Luang Rama IX, Bangkok’s big botanical park, though Time Out notes it is still a taxi or Grab ride from the station. A whole-day outing, not a quick stop.

Samrong (E15). Change for the MRT Yellow Line monorail. The line carries on into Samut Prakan, ending at Kheha (E23).

If you’re lost

Every one of us has come out of the wrong exit and walked ten minutes the wrong way in the heat. It happens. Say it, in Thai: หลงทางแล้ว (long thaang laew), “I’m lost”, then phone home:

มารับหน่อยได้ไหม

maa rap noi dai mai

มารับหน่อยได้ไหมครับ

maa rap noi dai mai khrap

มารับหน่อยได้ไหมคะ

maa rap noi dai mai kha

Who is speaking?

ครับ said by a manค่ะ said by a woman

Draft: waiting for a native speaker’s review.

If the station staff talk fast, this is the line that buys you time:

พูดช้าๆ หน่อยได้ไหม

phuut chaa chaa noi dai mai

พูดช้าๆ หน่อยได้ไหมครับ

phuut chaa chaa noi dai mai khrap

พูดช้าๆ หน่อยได้ไหมคะ

phuut chaa chaa noi dai mai kha

Who is speaking?

ครับ said by a manค่ะ said by a woman

Draft: waiting for a native speaker’s review.

Or just send your location on LINE, which is how most Thai families give directions anyway. “Which exit?”, “is there a lift?” and “one ticket to…” aren’t in our reviewed Thai yet; they’re coming in the app’s travel lessons.

Practise this conversation in Reply Thai

The Visiting Thailand moment in Reply Thai has “I’m lost”, “could you come and get me” and “could you speak a bit slower”, practised as replies, so they come out on the platform, not afterwards.

Reply Thai for iPhone: coming soonEmail me at launch

Thai words on this page are a draft until a native speaker has reviewed them. Station facilities, fares and opening hours change: check before you go. Last checked 20 October 2026.