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Wongwian Yai, also spelled "Wong Wian Yai" or "Wongwien Yai" (Thai: วงเวียนใหญ่, pronounced [wōŋ.wīa̯n jàj]; lit. ' big roundabout ' ), is a large roundabout (traffic circle) in Thonburi , on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok , Thailand , where the statue of King Taksin is situated.
Wongwian Yai station ( Thai: สถานีวงเวียนใหญ่, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː wōŋ.wīa̯n jàj]) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Silom line in Khlong San District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is on Krung Thon Buri Road to the west of Taksin intersection. It is located in a different location to Wongwian Yai ...
A 2.2 km (1.4 mi) extension across the river to Wongwian Yai (S8) opened on 15 May 2009 after two years of delay. A further 5.3 km (3.3 mi), 4 station extension from Wongwian Yai (S8) to Bang Wa (S12) opened on 5 December 2013 after delays caused by the Bangkok floods of late 2011 .
The Maeklong Railway (also known as the Mae Klong Railway) is a 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 33⁄8 in) metre gauge railway that runs for nearly 65 kilometres (40 mi) between Wongwian Yai, Bangkok, and Samut Songkhram in central Thailand.
Wongwian Yai railway station is a railway station located in Bang Yi Ruea subdistrict, Thon Buri district, Bangkok. It is a class 1 railway station and is the Bangkok terminus of the Maeklong Railway Mahachai Line. Currently, 34 rail services operate at the station. [1] [2] It is located closer to Wongwian Yai roundabout and is in a different ...
A typical BTS station platform, showing platform screen doors. Plans for mass transit in Bangkok began in the early 1980s. An early version of the Skytrain project was known as the Lavalin Skytrain because it was designed using the Vancouver SkyTrain as a model, adopting technology developed by SNC-Lavalin. Due to political interference, the ...
This line was created from the adjustment of the 1994 mass transit rail system master plan, which connected the original extension of the Blue Line from Tao Poon to Bang Yai, while the original Purple Line would have run from the National Library to Tao Poon and the original Orange Line from Samsen (National Library) to Rat Burana, becoming a ...
Charoen Rat Road. Coordinates: 13°43′33.97″N 100°30′4.41″E. The beginning of the road where Wongwian Yai market or Charoen Rat market is located. Charoen Rat Road ( Thai: ถนนเจริญรัถ, RTGS : Thanon Charoen Rat, pronounced [tʰā.nǒn t͡ɕā.rɤ̄ːn rát]) is a road in Bangkok 's Thonburi side. It serves as a ...