Bang Bua BTS station

Bang Bua Station (Thai: สถานีบางบัว, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː bāːŋ būa̯]) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in front of the Bang Khen Main Campus of Sripatum University and Bang Bua School. The station is part of the northern extension of the Sukhumvit Line and opened on 5 June 2020, as part of phase 3.[1][2]


Bang Bua

บางบัว
 BTS 
General information
LocationChatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates13.8561°N 100.5852°E / 13.8561; 100.5852
Owned byBangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
Operated byBangkok Mass Transit System
Public Company Limited (BTSC)
Line(s)
  Sukhumvit Line
Other information
Station codeN15
History
Opened5 June 2020
Passengers
2021619,258
Services
Preceding station BTS Skytrain Following station
11th Infantry Regiment
towards Khu Khot
 Sukhumvit Line Royal Forest Department
towards Kheha
Bang Bua Station Traditional sign

Naming Conflict

In proposals, the station was named Bang Bua at the very start. In 2013 before the construction of the station, Sripatum University requested the station to be named Sripatum station on the grounds that it was a name bestowed upon the university by Princess Srinagarindra. The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), who was then the owner of the project approved this name change as it considered a name bestowed by a member of the royal family to be auspicious. However, this was strongly opposed by the general public, as the area was known to the locals as Bang Bua and there was possible implications regarding the commercialisation of Sripatum University by using its name, of which is a private university. After MRTA moved ownership to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), complaints continued to be sent to the BMA and the BMA approved the name change back to Bang Bua.[3]

See also

References
  1. "BTS เปิดให้บริการเพิ่ม 4 สถานี จากกรมป่าไม้ -วัดพระศรีมหาธาตุฯ". Manager Online. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05.
  2. "5 มิ.ย.63 BTS เปิดวิ่งฟรี 4 สถานี ส่วนต่อขยาย หมอชิต-สะพานใหม่-คูคต". Thairath. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04.
  3. "โวย รฟม. เปลี่ยนชื่อสถานี "บางบัว" เป็น "ศรีปทุม" เอื้อเอกชน".


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