Bang Bua BTS Station
Naming Conflict
In proposals, the station was named Bang Bua at the very start. In 2013 before the construction of the station, Sripatum University requested the station to be named Sripatum station on the grounds that it was a name bestowed upon the university by Princess Srinagarindra. The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), who was then the owner of the project approved this name change as it considered a name bestowed by a member of the royal family to be auspicious. However, this was strongly opposed by the general public, as the area was known to the locals as Bang Bua and there was possible implications regarding the commercialisation of Sripatum University by using its name, of which is a private university. After MRTA moved ownership to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), complaints continued to be sent to the BMA and the BMA approved the name change back to Bang Bua.
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Station entrance near Sripatum University
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station entrance near Bang Bua canal
See also
References
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