Mo Chit 2 bus terminal
Mo Chit 2 bus terminal หมอชิตใหม่, หมอชิต 2 | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Other names | Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak), New Mo Chit | ||||
| Location | Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Lat Yao, Chatuchak, Bangkok Thailand | ||||
| Coordinates | 13°48′50″N 100°32′59″E / 13.8138609°N 100.5496779°E | ||||
| Owned by | Department of Land Transport (Thailand), Ministry of Transport (Thailand) | ||||
| Bus routes | Northern, Central, Esan | ||||
| Bus operators | The Transport Company, Ltd. | ||||
| Connections | BMTA bus route number 3, 16, 49, 77, 96, 104, 134, 136, 138, 145, 157, 170, 509, 517, 529, and 536 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 8 April 1998 | ||||
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The Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak), colloquially known as Mo Chit 2 (Thai: หมอชิต 2) or New Mo Chit, is one of the three main long-distance bus stations serving Greater Bangkok. It is operated by the state enterprise The Transport Co., Ltd., and serves as the main gateway to and from the northern and northeastern provinces for those travelling by bus.
The station is located on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road in Bangkok's Chatuchak District, near Queen Sirikit Park. It began operations on 8 April 1998, replacing the older Mo Chit Bus Terminal, whose location was being converted for the construction of the main BTS Skytrain depot. The station serves as many as 150,000 daily passengers, especially during the peak New Year and Songkran seasons.
The Mo Chit 2 station has a total area of around 100,000 square meters. The terminal can handle over 150,000 passengers monthly and about 5,000 dailies. There are arrival and departures terminals, divided into 4 levels. In the terminal, it has waiting areas, food courts, shops, and more, with air conditioning.
The station was originally planned as a temporary station, with a new station planned over the BTS depot, following a 1994 cabinet resolution. However, legal complications prevented the original plan from being completed. By the 2010s, the station faced relocation to make way for facilities of the new Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal of the State Railway of Thailand, who owns the land. Multiple options were considered, including reviving the original plan, moving to the Rangsit area, and building a new bus terminal near the present area, with tentative plans changing many times.