page_title: Blue Line (Bangkok)
section_title: Operation
hierarchical_section_title: Blue Line (Bangkok) / Operation
caption_attribution_description: English: The platform 1 of Phetchaburi MRT Station
context_page_description: The Blue Line is Bangkok's third rapid transit line, following the Sukhumvit line and Silom line of the BTS Skytrain. It is the first of the MRT system operated by Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited. The MRT Blue Line was opened on 3 July 2004. Current average daily ridership is 400,000.
  The line is 48 km long, being a circle route of the Bangkok rapid transit network. It encircles and connects business, residential and cultural areas of Bangkok.
context_section_description: Blue line runs from Tha Phra to Lak Song via Bang Sue, Phra Ram 9 and Hua Lamphong, serving 38 stations. Line operated everyday from 6am to midnight with headway of under 7 minutes during rush hour and under 7 minutes during non-rush hour.
  All stations on the line are equipped with platform screen doors. Stations are build to accommodate six-car trains, but only three-car trains were used. Uniformed security personnel and security cameras are present at every platform. Passenger announcements on this line are made by journalist and news broadcaster Sarocha Pornudomsak.
  The metro have 2 depots one in Huai Khwang district, which is located between Phra Ram 9 and Thailand Cultural Centre station. And another in Chom Thong district, near Phetkasem 48 station.
caption: The platform of Phetchaburi MRT Station
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