How to Say “Where is the Skytrain station?” in Thai
สถานีรถไฟฟ้าอยู่ที่ไหน
sa-thǎa-nii rót-fay-fáa yùu thîi-nǎy
Where is the Skytrain station?
ครับ (khráp) and คะ (khá) are polite particles — they depend on the speaker's gender. In a question the female particle is คะ (khá) (high tone), not the statement form ค่ะ (khâ).
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When to use it
รถไฟฟ้า (rót-fay-fáa) is the general Thai term for Bangkok's elevated trains, also known as the Skytrain. It's also commonly called BTS, since BTS is the abbreviation of the name of the company that operates the train — so you can replace รถไฟฟ้า (rót-fay-fáa) with บีทีเอส (bii-thii-éet), e.g. สถานีบีทีเอสอยู่ที่ไหนครับ/คะ (sa-thǎa-nii bii-thii-éet yùu thîi-nǎy khráp/khá) — Where is the BTS station?
Why you've seen it spelled differently
You may have seen สถานีรถไฟฟ้าอยู่ที่ไหน written as: sathani rot fai fa yu tee nai, sa-ta-nee rot fai fah yoo tee nai, satanee rotfaifa yoo thi nai.
There is no single standard for writing Thai in the Roman alphabet — phrasebooks, road signs, and tourist guides each follow a different system, and many just invent their own spellings. The romanization on this page uses a consistent IPA-based system that marks all five tones and distinguishes short from long vowels. The same word always gets the same spelling. Paste any Thai to see it romanized →
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