THAILAND: A southern extension of the Sukhumvit Line in Bangkok opened at 13.00 on April 3, from Bearing to Samrong. Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang attended the opening ceremony for the new section of the elevated metro line.
Samrong will offer interchange with the future Yellow Line monorail, which is scheduled for completion by 2020.
A further eight stations will be added to the Sukhumvit Line when it is extended from Samrong to Samut Prakan. This section is due to open in late 2018.
THAILAND: The BSR joint venture of BTS Group, Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating has been selected to build and operate two monorail lines in Bangkok under a PPP concession. BSR beat Bangkok Expressway & Metro, the operator of the Blue and Purple metro lines. The concession ...
THAILAND: Princess Sirindhorn opened Bangkok’s Purple Line on August 6. Built by Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand with the support of Japanese yen loans, the line is expected to carry 200 000 passengers a day initially, rising to 400 000 in 2019. The 23 km elevated alignment from ...
THAILAND: Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co has approved two orders for a total of 46 four-car trainsets to operate on the Bangkok Skytrain elevated metro. The contracts are due to be signed on May 23. The total value would not exceed €270m (excluding VAT), and would include onboard signalling ...
