Criss-crossing Bangkok part 179
Around Saphan Taksin
On the edge of the Bang Rak (Bangrak) Subdistrict on the waterfront, we find one of the busier stations of the Silom Line, BTS-station Saphan Taksin Below Sathon Road not far from the Charoen Krung Road with the busroutes: 1, 15, 35, 4-47 (89), 4-68, 75 29ต.
In the narrow streets around this station are the parking spaces for the vans, the free shuttle buses from hotels and Songtaews and not to forget the Chao Phraya Express Boat. The immediate vicinity of Saphan Thaksin is a populous and lively neighborhood.
1 Entrance BTS-station Saphan Thaksin in Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1. 5 December 2022.
2 Four songthaew buses for route 1256: Saphan Thaksin/Sathorn Pier – Wat Chong Lom School.
Bus: 1256- 68, 28, 38 and 102.
By bus 1256-38, in the front is said: Sathorn – Italy.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 56 minutes.
Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1. 5 December 2022.
Besides the around 200 buslines for the BMTA, Bangkok has also 200 regime small transport routes, numbered from 1001 up, with around 4000 vehicles.
3 Songthaew bus 1256-68 and 28 at terminus Sapan Thaksin /Sathon Pier in the narrow soi 50/1 along Charoen Krung Road. 5 December 2022.
Route 1256: Saphan Thaksin/Sathorn Pier – Wat Chong Lom School, (56 minutes).
Not all of these routes are songthaews (think about the 1114 route in Sukhumvit Soi Thong Lor with the red buses).
4 Songtaew bus 1256-28 at the terminus Saphan Thaksin/Sathon Pier in Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1.
Route 1256: Saphan Thaksin/Sathorn Pier – St. Priest – Wat Chong Lom School, Wat Chong Lom School, Saphan (Bridges) 3, 4, 5 (56 minutes).
5 December 2022.
The route is always in Thai-language of course, but beware, as by the big BMTA-buses, many do not run the whole line but stop somewhere-with a cardboard card on the front telling.
5 Songtaew bus 1256-68 at the terminus Saphan Thaksin/Sathon Pier in Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1.
Route 1256: Saphan Thaksin/Sathorn Pier – St. Priest – Wat Chong Lom School, Saphan (Bridges) 3, 4, 5 (56 minutes).
6 Songtaew bus 1256-68 at the terminus Saphan Thaksin/Sathon Pier in Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1.
Route 1256: Saphan Thaksin/Sathorn Pier – St. Priest – Wat Chong Lom School, Saphan (Bridges) 3, 4, 5.
5 December 2022.
Thaksin/Sathon Pier in Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1.
Route 1256: Saphan Thaksin/Sathorn Pier – St. Priest – Wat Chong Lom School, Saphan (Bridges) 3, 4, 5.
5 December 2022.
8 Crossing (Thanon) Charoen Krung Road with Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1 and North Sathon Road.
5 December 2022.
9 Crossing (Thanon) Charoen Krung Road with Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1 (left) and North Sathon Road.
Bus 4-44081 on route 77 on the way from Sathu Pradit Bus depot to Mochit 2 Bus depot.
5 December 2022.
10 We are still in district Bang Rak, on the Charoen Krung Road In the background the viaduct by Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1 and North Sathon Road.
Bus 75-11 on route 15, from Rachapruek BTS-Station to Sanam Luang (National Theatre) (And for the backpackers in the famous touristic Khao San Road). The total trip duration for this route is approximately 46 minutes.
5 December 2022.
11 In the center of Bang Rak, crossing with the Si Lom Road (on the left).
Bus 1-66 on route 1 from Territorial Defense Command near Sanam Luang to Thanon Tok.
the total trip duration for this route is approximately 28 minutes. This route is almost the same as the first electric tram in Bangkok.
5 December 2022
12 Charoen Krung Road, viaduct by Charoen Krung Road soi 50/1 (on the right) and North Sathon Road (left).
Bus 4-40368 on route 1 from Territorial Defense Commandto to Thanon Tok, opposite Charoen Krung Hospital.
We see the Sathorn Unique Tower, an unfinished skyscraper located in the center of the dictrict. Planned as a high-rise condominium complex, construction of the building was halted during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, when it was already about 80 percent complete.
5 December 2022
13 In bus 1-66 to Thanon Tok riding on Charoen Krung Road near Suriwongse Road.
The name ‘Thanon Tok’ means ‘road to fall’, because it is the final stretch of Charoen Krung Road that straight to south and dead-ends on the Chao Phraya River. Originally, it was a main port of Bangkok named ‘Thanon Tok Pier’ before the establishment of Bangkok Port, also was a location of Bangkok Dock Company.
5 December 2022.
14 The grounds of the Thanon Tok substation (kanfaifa), near the site of the tram depot at the end of Charoen Krung Road, now the home of wellpreserved tramcar 120.
21 July 2010.