Bangkok Rail Interchange Stations: Where Lines Connect and How to Choose a Room Nearby

If you work in a different part of Bangkok from where you live, or expect to change jobs in the next few years, a room near an interchange station (a station where you can change from one rail line to another) gives you more than one way to get around. If one line is disrupted, you still have another. This guide lists the interchanges on Bangkok's rail network that are open today, checked against the operators' own maps and station pages on 25/10/2026, and explains how to choose a room around them.

Interchange stations open today

Counted here: the BTS Sukhumvit and Silom Lines, the Gold Line, the MRT Blue, Purple, Yellow and Pink Lines, the SRT Dark Red and Light Red Lines, and the Airport Rail Link (ARL). Long-distance trains, boats and buses are left out, and so are lines that are not open yet, such as the Orange Line. Station codes are the ones on the operators' maps.

Two names, one interchange

Each operator names its own stations, so several interchanges have two names: Asok (BTS) and Sukhumvit (MRT), Mo Chit and Chatuchak Park, Ha Yaek Lat Phrao and Phahon Yothin, Sala Daeng and Si Lom, Makkasan (ARL) and Phetchaburi (MRT), and Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal (Red Lines) and Bang Sue (MRT). The MRT website still calls the terminal "Bang Sue Grand Station". When you search for a room or read a listing, look for both names.

The two names are two separate stations within walking distance of each other, so a room close to one may be a longer walk from the other than you expect. On RentKrub each station has its own results page, and the distance on each listing card is measured from that page's station.

Which exit to use when you change

If you will ride both lines regularly, a room on the same side as the connecting exit saves a detour every day. The MRT and Red Line station pages give these connections:

• Sukhumvit (MRT): Exit 3 to BTS Asok
• Si Lom (MRT): Exit 2 to BTS Sala Daeng
• Chatuchak Park (MRT): Exit 1 or 3 to BTS Mo Chit
• Phahon Yothin (MRT): Exit 4 to BTS Ha Yaek Lat Phrao
• Bang Wa (MRT): Exit 3 or 4 to BTS Bang Wa
• Phetchaburi (MRT): Exit 1 to ARL Makkasan
• Lat Phrao (MRT Blue Line): Exit 4 to the Yellow Line
• Bang Sue (MRT): Exit 3 to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal; inside the terminal, the link is by ticket hall 2
• Tao Poon: change inside the same station, with Blue Line platforms on the 3rd floor and Purple Line platforms on the 4th floor
• Nonthaburi Civic Center (MRT Purple Line): Exit 1B to the Pink Line
• Bang Son (MRT Purple Line): Exit 5 to the Red Line station
• Lak Si (Red Line): Exit 7 to the Pink Line station

At the other interchanges (Siam, Phaya Thai, Krung Thon Buri, Wat Phra Sri Mahathat, Hua Mak and Samrong), follow the signs in the station or check the station area maps on the operators' websites. Exits and walkways can change, so walk the route once before you sign a lease.

How to choose a room near an interchange

• Start with the line you ride every day. Write down your real commute: where you board, where you change and where you get off. Live closest to the station of the line you use daily; the extra walk to the second line only happens on the days you need it.
• Check which side of the road you are on. Many interchanges sit at large junctions, such as Ha Yaek Lat Phrao, the Ratchada–Lat Phrao intersection and the Sala Daeng intersection. A room on the far side from your exit can mean crossing a main road or climbing a footbridge every day. Look for covered walkways or skywalks you can use in the rain and late at night.
• Listen for noise. Rooms facing an elevated track or a main road usually hear more traffic than rooms facing inward. During a viewing, listen when a train passes, with the windows open and closed, and visit the station at your commuting hour to see how crowded the platforms and escalators get.
• Compare the total monthly cost. If rooms around an interchange are over your budget, look one or two stations further along the line you use every day, and add a month of fares to each rent before you compare.
• Plan a backup route. Know which other line you would take if your main line stops.

Hypothetical example: Room A next to an interchange costs 15,000 baht a month; Room B, two stations away on the same line, costs 12,000 baht. The 3,000-baht difference is what you weigh against a month of extra fares and the extra time on the train every day. If the extra fares come to less than 3,000 baht and the longer ride is acceptable, Room B may be the better deal.

Fares can change, so price your actual route with the operators' own tools: the MRT fare calculator, the Red Line fare calculator and the BTS routes and fares page, where you pick an origin and a destination. If your route changes lines, check the fare for the whole journey.

If you fly often

The Airport Rail Link runs to Suvarnabhumi Airport, and you can join it at Phaya Thai, Makkasan or Hua Mak. On the SRT Dark Red Line, Don Mueang station has a walkway to Don Mueang Airport (domestic terminal), and you can change to the Dark Red Line at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal or Lak Si.

Find rooms near interchanges on RentKrub

On Rooms near rail stations, stations are grouped by line, with monthly and daily rooms. Each listing card on a station page shows its distance from the station, which helps with a first shortlist; then check the real walking route on a map. Results pages for some interchanges:

• BTS Sukhumvit and Silom Lines: Siam
• BTS and MRT: Asok · Mo Chit
• MRT to MRT: Tao Poon · Lat Phrao
• Red Lines: Bang Sue
• Airport Rail Link: Phaya Thai
• BTS and Yellow Line: Samrong

Prefer to start from your office? Use the map search: drop a pin and choose a radius of 1–5 km. For how far counts as a comfortable walk, see our article How many minutes' walk counts as "near" a station (in Thai).