Punnawithi station is a BTS skytrain

Bangkok Skytrain

The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain , is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited under a concession granted by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration...

 station, on the in Phra Khanong

Phra Khanong

Phra Khanong is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Suan Luang, Prawet, and Bang Na districts of Bangkok, Amphoe Phra Pradaeng of Samut Prakan Province , Khlong Toei and Watthana of Bangkok.-History:Phra Khanong was an amphoe of Nakhon Khuan Khan...

 District, Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road

Sukhumvit Road

Sukhumvit Road , or Thailand Route 3 , is a major road in Thailand, and a major surface road of Bangkok and other cities it winds through. It follows a coastal route from Bangkok to Trat and is just over in length....

 at Soi

Soi

Soi is the term used in Thailand for a side-street branching off a major street . An alley is called a Trok .Sois are usually numbered, and are referred to by the name of the major street and the number, as in "Soi Sukhumvit 4", "Sukhumvit Soi 4", or "Sukhumvit 4", all referring to the fourth soi...

 Punnawithi (Sukhumvit Soi 101).

Apart from the dense residential area surrounding the station, an attraction nearby the station is Dhammamongkol Temple on Soi Punnawithi with very tall and well decorated chedi

Stupa

A stupa is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship....

 which also houses jade

Jade

Jade is an ornamental stone.The term jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals:...

 Buddha and Kuan Yin

Kuan Yin

Guanyin is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin which means "Observing the Sounds of the World". She is also sometimes referred to as Guanyin Pusa...

 image. Chanapatana International Design Institute

Chanapatana International Design Institute

Chanapatana International Design Institute is one of the first international schools of design in Thailand. It was founded in 2000 by The Venerable Phra Thepjetiyajan in co-operation with Accademia Italiana of Florence, Italy...

 which is founded by the temple is also situated on the same soi.

Opened in 2011, it is a part of the 5.52 km skytrain extension from On Nut

On Nut Station

On Nut station is a BTS skytrain station, on the in Watthana and Khlong Toei District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road to the south of Soi On Nut junction ....

 to Bearing Station

Bearing Station

Bearing station is a BTS skytrain station, on the in Bang Na District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located on Sukhumvit Road at Soi Baering , the last point of the BTS system in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration area, before passing the border pole to Samrong Nuea Town in Samut Prakan...

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Neighbouring stations