Ekkamai BTS station
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Entry of the station as seen from Soi Sukhumvit 42 (Soi Kluai Nam Thai) in Khlong Toei District | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Watthana and Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei Bangkok Thailand | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°43′10.41″N 100°35′6.63″E / 13.7195583°N 100.5851750°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (BTSGIF) | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Ekkamai Eastern Bus Terminal | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | E7 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 5 December 1999 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 2,116,054 | ||||||||||
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Ekkamai station (Thai: สถานีเอกมัย, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː ʔèːk.kā.māj]) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit line in Phra Khanong Nuea Subdistrict, Watthana District and Phra Khanong Subdistrict, Khlong Toei District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station opened on 5 December 1999 along with the rest of the Sukhumvit Line's first phase. The elevated station is located on Sukhumvit Road at Soi Ekkamai (Soi Sukhumvit 63) next to the Ekkamai Bus Terminal which provides travelling to eastern provinces. Science Centre for Education is also located next to the station. It houses Bangkok Planetarium, the oldest planetarium in the country.