Punnawithi BTS Station

Punnawithi
BTS Skytrain
Location Phra Khanong, Bangkok
Coordinates 13°41′20.11″N 100°36′33.16″E / 13.6889194°N 100.6092111°E / 13.6889194; 100.6092111
Line(s) Sukhumvit Line
Other information
Station code E11
History
Opened 2011
Previous names Thammamongkhon
Services
Preceding station   Bangkok Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Mo Chit
Sukhumvit Line
toward Bearing

Punnawithi station (Thai: สถานีปุณณวิถี) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line in Phra Khanong District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road at Soi Punnawithi (Sukhumvit Soi 101).

Apart from the dense residential area surrounding the station, an attraction nearby the station is Dhammamongkol Temple on Soi Punnawithi with very tall and well decorated chedi which also houses jade Buddha and Kuan Yin image. Chanapatana International Design Institute which is founded by the temple is also situated on the same soi.

Opened in 2011, it is a part of the 5.52 km (3.43 mi) skytrain extension from On Nut to Bearing Station.

See also

Coordinates: 13°41′20.11″N 100°36′33.16″E / 13.6889194°N 100.6092111°E / 13.6889194; 100.6092111

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