Housing in
Rangsit - Pathum Thani
(northern suburbs)

North of the Don Muang International Airport is Pathum Thani, which has a lot of housing estates and wide open spaces, dotted with superstores and modern malls such as Future Park Rangsit and the Zeer computer supercenter (similar to Pantip Plaza).

The eastern part of Pathum Thani is called "Rangsit" and is more developed with lots of activity, due to the old Vipawadi-Rangsit Rd which was for decades the main north-south traffic artery past the airport, until the modern new expressway system started to emerge in the late 1990s.

This region is connected to the central business district by two scenic elevated expressways, the Vipawadi-Rangsit Elevated Expressway (with old road below) and the Chaeng Wattana Elevated Expressway (with mostly dirt and grass below), as shown on the map below.

On the outside, the Eastern Ring Road connects you to the eastern suburbs and Eastern Seaboard Industrial Zones, and likewise for the Western Ring Road. That's right -- Pathum Thani is served by four expressways.

These four expressways are shown in red (as are other expressways in central Bangkok). Pathum Thani is in the brighter green, and the neighboring region called Nonthaburi is in dark green. The airport is in blue. Pathum Thani actually continues still further north off the map a good ways, and both provinces extend further west. You can click on the map to get a magnified and more readable version.

Actually, the map above shows only about 25% of Pathum Thani, the southernmost part.

Pathum Thani has a lot of new, modern housing estates spread out all over the place. (This is where the Thailand Guru lives, a short distance off the map to the north, and takes a quick drive down the expressway to his office in Muang Thong Thani.)

It's important to get some perspective by comparing the size of Pathum Thani to the size of the Sukhumvit-Silom central business district (CBD) in yellow at the bottom (stretching from Silom riverside to Sukhumvit 77). However, in Pathum Thani, you don't need the skytrain to avoid the traffic, but can quickly breeze thru distances like that, e.g., to pick up the kids at one of the international schools up there.

kkBkk.com has a list of Rangsit, Pathum Thani, and northern Bangkok suburban homes.

Most of Pathum Thani and Rangsit is wide open, but there is considerable traffic congestion along certain strips and in a few spots in Rangsit, and you can get on and off the elevated expressways only at certain places. Once you get familiar with the area and its various back roads, then you learn how to avoid these few strips and intersections entirely, and can sail in and out of your home peacefully.

Notably, the "Chaeng Wattana" expressway previously ended at Chaeng Wattana Rd. in Nonthaburi, but was later extended all the way to the Western Ring Road (intersection off the map, further north). When you take this expressway, you will pass over Chaeng Wattana Rd. which is more than halfway to Pathum Thani. You will notice from the scenery that it changes to a lot of greenery, wide open spaces and a few of the visible new housing estates right after you cross over Chaeng Wattana Rd. It stays elevated well into Pathum Thani, eventually coming down among rice patties shortly before Thammasat University's new campus.

Along the Vipawadi-Rangsit elevated expressway, however, it doesn't seem to open up until you get all the way to Rangsit and the expressway lowers to the ground, among business and industrial facades. Behind some of those are vast housing estates, but you need to know which side roads to turn off into.

The ancient ruins of Ayutthaya are only about 30 minutes north, as are many modern industries which have taken root in that adjacent province. The expressways come together at the northern tip of Pathum Thani and then go their own ways to the north and northeastern parts of Thailand.

Many expats living in Pathum Thani work in industrial operations in Ayutthaya, Saraburi, and Pathum Thani. This includes the Nava Nakorn Industrial Promotion Zone (in Pathum Thani), Bangkadi Industrial Park (in Pathum Thani), Bangpa-in Industrial Estate (Ayutthaya), Chutikarn Factory House Industrial Estate (Ayutthaya), Saha Rattana Nakorn Industrial Estate (Ayutthaya), Hi-Tech Industrial Estate (Ayutthaya), Rojana Industrial Park (Ayutthaya ), Nong Khae Industrial Estate (Saraburi), Saraburi Industrial Park, and Siam Cement Industrial Land.

Would you like to browse another part of the Bangkok greater metropolitan region?

• Bangkok Central Business District (CBD)

• Bang Na (southeast)

• Bangkapi-Minburi (northeast)

• Nonthaburi, Muang Thong Thani (northwest)

• Rangsit-Pathum Thani (north)

• Ram Indra expressway off Rama 9

If you want a good guide or real estate agent, then please visit kkBkk.com and click on their contact page, or else email the Thailand Guru here

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