Airport Rail Link , Bangkok

Airport Rail Link

        Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link and City Air Terminal have the objective to provide transportation service for passengers who wish to travel from downtown to the airport with more convenient, faster, and more flexible.

           This Rail Link system providesservice at the speed of 160 kilometers per hour on an elevated platform parallel with the eastern railway, has a distance of 28 kilometers that goes through 8 stations and passengercapacity of 14,000 to 50,000 passengers per day per direction.

Passengers who wish to travel to Suvarnabhumi Airport 

have 2 choices of service systems:

       (SA Express)                    (SA City Line)

SA Express 

    This line provides transportation service between Bangkok City Air Terminal (BCAT) from Makkasan to Suvarnabhumi Airport within 15 minutes, which stops only at Makkasan Station (original terminal) and Suvarnabhumi Station (end terminal).

SA City Line

          This line provides service between Phyathai Station to the end terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport within 30 minutes, which stops at 6 stations along the way such as Rajprarop Station, Makkasan Station, Ramkhamhaeng Station, Hua Mark Station, Thab Chang Station, and Lad Krabang Station. It covers a distance of 28 kilometers.

service from 06.00 to 24.00 everyday

 

Ticket 

        Automatic Token Dispenser is designed to provide prepaid pass service and single trip token. Passengers can select destination and number of required token. The machine will then automatically calculate the fair and give out change as well as print out the receipt. City Line’s fair start from 15 baht up to 45 baht, while Express’s fair is a flat rate of 150 baht.

Makkasan Station 

      BCAT is the originating point of the SA Express Line as well as a station for the SA City Line, which has many facilities such as check-in counter service that passengers can check-in and load their baggage to the baggage car which provides convenience of transferring baggage to various airlines.

Suvarnabhumi Station 

       This is an underground station, part of which is under Suvarnabhumi Airport Terminal and passengers can access the airport from the station and hotel connection point. It has various facilities such as elevator, escalator, ramp, etc

 

There are total of 4 trains providing services in SA Express. Each train has 3 passenger cars, which have 170 passenger seats, and 1 baggage car that makes up altogether 4 cars. It provides service from 06.00 to 24.00 everyday

Phyathai Station

This is the originating terminal of the SA City Line, which is located east of Phyathai Road linking Phyathai BTS Station.

Airport Link Frequency & Operating Hours

•  Airport City Link Line runs between 06.00 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. The journey takes 30min
•  Airport Link Express Line runs between 06.00 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. The journey takes 15min

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