BTS Skytrain approaching Sala Daeng Station with skyscrapers on Si Lom Road as background

Si Lom (or Silom, Thai สีลม) is a road in Bang Rak district, Bangkok, Thailand. It is a major business and tourist center of Thailand's capital. This causes a heavy load of traffic not only during rush hours that is considered to be the most dense of the city. Image File history File links Bangkok Skytrain, BTS Skytrain approaching Sala Daeng Station near the famous Patpong district of Bangkok, 2004-10-30 by Gcom File links The following pages link to this file: Si Lom ... Image File history File links Bangkok Skytrain, BTS Skytrain approaching Sala Daeng Station near the famous Patpong district of Bangkok, 2004-10-30 by Gcom File links The following pages link to this file: Si Lom ... Bang Rak or Bangrak (Thai บางรัก) is one of the 50 districts (Khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. ... Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Wat Phra Kaew temple Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep ( (help· info)), or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon ( (help· info), IPA: ), is the capital and largest city of Thailand, with an official 1990 census population of 8,538,610. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ...

Now a major tourist attraction is the infamous red-light district Patpong. The gogo bars are nowadays hidden behind a vast number of stalls selling tourist stuff. A view of Patpong at sunset Patpong (Thai พัฒน์พงษ์, Phatphong) is an entertainment district in Bangkok, Thailand, catering mainly, though not exclusively, to foreign tourists and expatriates. ...

Si Lom is also the name of an MRT subway system stop at the intersection between Si Lom Road and Rama IV Road. It connects with the Sala Daeng station of the Bangkok Skytrain, the line of which is also titled Si Lom. The entrance to Huai Kwang station The Bangkok Metro, officially called the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), is Bangkoks underground metro system. ... Skytrain approaching Sala Daeng Station Skytrain (Thai รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส) is the elevated metro system in Bangkok, Thailand, operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) under a concession granted by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). ...

External link

• Locality map of Si Lom Station
• Si Lom Road Area Photo Guide