Surasak BTS station

Surasak

สุรศักดิ์
; Surasak; สุรศักดิ์
	Surasak station from distance, 2019
General information
Location	Bang Rak and Sathon; Bangkok; Thailand
Coordinates	13°43′09″N 100°31′17″E / 13.7193°N 100.5214°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)
Line(s)	Silom Line
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	S5
History
Opened	5 December 1999; 24 years ago
Passengers
2021	1,198,528
Services
Location
Location

Surasak station (Thai: สถานีสุรศักดิ์) is a BTS skytrain station, on the Silom Line in Bang Rak and Sathon districts, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sathon Road to the east of Sathon-Surasak intersection. The surrounding area along Sathon Road is primarily a business zone with many office towers and embassies. Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom is a 5-mins walk, Bangkok Christian College and Saint Louis Churchpatrick are within walking distance to the east of the station.

Station layout

U3 Platform	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 4	Silom Line toward National Stadium (Saint Louis)
	Platform 3	Silom Line toward Bang Wa (Saphan Taksin)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
U2 ticket sales class	ticket sales floor	Exit 1–4, Passenger Service Center Ticket Office, Ticket Machine, Shop Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn
G Street level	-	Bus Stop @Sathorn, Bangrak Hospital, Saint Louis Hospital

Incident

On the evening of 20 August 2022, a person slipped and fell backwards on the ascending escalator at Exit 3 causing commuters behind to tumble on top of each other, resulting in 28 injuries. The event occurred as concert-goers were returning home under heavy rain, from a concert held at the nearby Bangkok Christian College in commemoration of the school's 170th year.^[1]^[2]