One
of the most enjoyable ways to travel around
Bangkok is by Sky Train. It is not only clean and air-conditioned
but all the signs and station announcements are in English
and Thai. However, you might have a problem going by
taxi or tuk tuk to your nearest station. To start with,
not all Thai people know it by the name "sky train".
They either call it BTS or rot fai fah.The
word for "station" in Thai issa-tha
nee.
Where do you want to go? (ja bai nai)
Notice
we don't use "you" in Thai but just shorten
it to "shall go where?" Actually, most taxi
and tuk tuk drivers probably would shorten it even
further to "go where?"
I want to go to the nearest skytrain station. (pai
sa-tha nee rot fai fah tee glai tee soot)
Again,
take note how we do not use "I" at the start
of the sentence. This is quite common when speaking
Thai. The Thai word for nearest is "glai
tee soot".
...
skytrain station. (sa-tha nee rot fai fah ...)
Put
the name for the station you want at the end. For
example, Nana Station would be "sa-tha nee
rot fai fah nana".
These
are all the names for every station:
On Nut. (aon noot)
Phra Khanong. (phra kha-nhong)
Ekkamai.
(eak ga-mai)
Thong Lo.
(thong lor)
Phrom Phong.
(phrom pong)
Asok. (a-soak)
Nana. (nar
nar )
Phloenchit. (phloen jit)
Chitlom. (chit lom)
Siam. (sa-yam)
Rajchathewi. (rat cha tay wee)
Phayathai. (pha-ya thai)
Victory Monument. (anu sao-wa ree chai sa mhor
ra phoom)
Sanam Pao.
(sa-nham bao)
Ari. (ar ree )
Saphan Kwai. (sa phan kwai)
Mo Chit. (mhor chit)
National Stadium. (sa-nham gee lar hang chart)
Ratchadamri. (rart cha dam rii)
Saladaeng. (sar lar daeng)
Chong Nonsi. (chong non see)
Surasak. (soo ra sak)
Saphan Taksin. (sa-phan dtark sin)
For more
pictures and a map of the sky train route, please visit
our Thailand
Guidebook.