Bangkok police outline detours for royal procession rehearsals

The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB), led by commissioner Pol Lt Gen Siam Boonsom and Pol Maj Gen Thawat Wongsanga, the deputy commissioner responsible for traffic, has recommended “alternative routes” for motorists during royal procession rehearsals on Sunday (November 15, 2026).

The rehearsals, for the royal cremation of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, will take place around the Grand Palace and Sanam Luang.

Rehearsals for processions 1, 2, 3 and 6 are scheduled from 6.30am to 8.30pm that day, using routes around the Grand Palace and Sanam Luang.

The bureau has assigned traffic officers to manage the routes according to the schedule for each procession, to ensure safety during the rehearsals and for people travelling through the area.

Officers will assist those who need to enter the area, and motorists are advised to review the arrangements when planning their journeys.

The MPB outlined the rehearsal routes and recommended alternatives for travel that day as follows.

1. Morning rehearsals for processions 1, 2 and 3: 6.30am–12pm

1.1 Procession 1: 7am–8.30am
From Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall to Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram, via Maharaj and Thai Wang roads.

1.2 Procession 2: 7.30am–10am
From Wat Phra Chetuphon to Sanam Luang, via Sanam Chai and Ratchadamnoen Nai roads.

1.3 Procession 3: 11am–11.30am
Around the Royal Crematorium at Sanam Luang.

The following 16 roads and sois will be subject to traffic management for processions 1, 2 and 3:

1. Na Hap Phoei Road
2. Lak Mueang Road
3. Maharaj Road
4. Thai Wang Road
5. Chetuphon Road
6. Setthakan Road
7. Phra Phiphit Road
8. Sanam Chai Road
9. Ratchadamnoen Nai Road
10. Phra Chan Road
11. Na Phra That Road
12. Na Phra Lan Road
13. Ratchini Road
14. Charoen Krung Road, from the Territorial Defense Command roundabout to Saphan Mon intersection
15. Kalayanamaitri Road
16. Soi Saranrom

Recommended alternative routes during rehearsals for processions 1, 2 and 3:

1. Tanao Road
2. Fueang Nakhon Road
3. Ti Thong Road
4. Din So Road
5. Chakkraphet Road
6. Tri Phet Road
7. Chakkrawat Road
8. Krung Kasem Road
9. Charoen Krung Road, from Saphan Mon intersection
10. Phahurat Road
11. Burapha Road
12. Bamrung Mueang Road, from Si Kak Sao Chingcha intersection
13. Ratchadamnoen Klang Road
14. Luang Road
15. Lan Luang Road
16. Nakhon Sawan Road
17. Worachak Road
18. Chakkraphatdi Phong Road
19. Somdet Phra Pinklao Road

2. Afternoon and evening rehearsal for procession 6: 4pm–8.30pm

2.1 Rehearsal on Ratchini Road: 3pm–4.30pm
The rehearsal will take place along Ratchini Road.

2.2 Saranrom Park to the Territorial Defense Command: 4.30pm–5pm
Via Charoen Krung Road.

2.3 Territorial Defense Command to the Grand Palace: 5pm–5.30pm
Via Sanam Chai and Na Phra Lan roads.

2.4 Grand Palace to Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Ratchaworawihan: 5.45pm–6.30pm
Via Na Phra Lan, Kalayanamaitri and Atsadang roads.

2.5 Wat Ratchabophit to Wat Bovoranives Vihara: 6.30pm–7pm
Via Atsadang, Ratchabophit, Fueang Nakhon, Bamrung Mueang, Kalayanamaitri, Sanam Chai, Ratchadamnoen Nai, Ratchadamnoen Klang, Din So and Phra Sumen roads.

2.6 Wat Bovoranives Vihara to Royal Thai Army Headquarters: 7pm–8pm
Via Prachathipatai Road.

The following 16 roads and sois will be subject to traffic management for procession 6:

1. Na Hap Phoei Road
2. Lak Mueang Road
3. Thai Wang Road
4. Sanam Chai Road
5. Ratchadamnoen Nai Road
6. Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, inbound
7. Na Phra That Road
8. Na Phra Lan Road
9. Ratchini Road
10. Somdet Phra Pinklao Road, inbound
11. Charoen Krung Road, from the Territorial Defense Command roundabout to Saphan Mon intersection
12. Kalayanamaitri Road
13. Soi Saranrom
14. Din So Road
15. Phra Sumen Road
16. Atsadang Road, from Phan Phiphop intersection to Saphan Mon intersection

Recommended alternative routes during the rehearsal for procession 6:

1. Maharaj Road
2. Chetuphon Road
3. Setthakan Road
4. Phra Phiphit Road
5. Phra Chan Road
6. Tanao Road
7. Fueang Nakhon Road
8. Ti Thong Road
9. Chakkraphet Road
10. Tri Phet Road
11. Chakkrawat Road
12. Krung Kasem Road
13. Charoen Krung Road, from Saphan Mon intersection
14. Phahurat Road
15. Burapha Road
16. Bamrung Mueang Road, from Si Kak Sao Chingcha intersection
17. Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, outbound
18. Luang Road
19. Lan Luang Road
20. Nakhon Sawan Road
21. Worachak Road
22. Chakkraphatdi Phong Road
23. Somdet Phra Pinklao Road, outbound

Road users can call the traffic hotline on 1197, available 24 hours a day, to report suspicious incidents or traffic accidents, request further route information, or seek traffic assistance.