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Flat fares on new Purple Line on weekends
Published on 20/02/2017
» Fares on the Bang Yai-Tao Pun Purple Line will be reduced to the flat rate of 15 baht on weekends and public holidays starting next month.
Thai-style "Solutions"
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 10/02/2017
» Have you ever tried to solve a problem but ended up only making it worse by not really addressing its root cause? If so, don't be too hard on yourself. Apparently many of our supposedly upstanding officials and leaders have done the same.
Free rides, two New Year events in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 31/12/2016
» Operators of the skytrain and subway have waived their fares as a New Year's gift for Bangkok people while traffic has been partially closed in Bangkok's central business district for two major New Year events.
Fare cut boosts Purple Line riders, but still below target
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 09/09/2016
» The 50% fare discount for the Purple Line electric train has helped boost the number of commuters by 10%, however, the figures are still far below the original and intended target.
Commuters' enthusiasm about the Purple Line fades
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/08/2016
» Hardly a day went by over the past five or six years when I wouldn't hear enthusiastic chatter about the MRT's Purple Line. But now that it has finally opened, the long-awaited service has drawn mixed reactions from commuters.
Time to learn from mistakes
News, Editorial, Published on 25/08/2016
» Decades ago Bangkok residents -- Thais and expatriates alike -- complained and toiled as they spent one and a half to two hours travelling from home through the city's heavy traffic congestion to work each morning. They repeated this tortuous ritual again in the evening. Bangkok's horrendous traffic is the first thing that comes to mind when tourists are asked of their first impressions when visiting the Land of Smiles. For Bangkok residents, the daily traffic ritual to and from work has not changed. For many tourists, Bangkok's traffic is still at the top of their minds.
Unpopular Purple Line offers 30-50% discounts
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 24/08/2016
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) will cut fares and parking fees on its Purple Line electric railway by 30 to 50% on Sept 1 to woo commuters as present passenger traffic has reached only one-fifth of the target.
Commuters see red over Purple Line
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/08/2016
» Reading reports about the two-week-old Purple Line, and how the struggling service is racking up losses of three million baht daily, doesn't surprise me.
Princess tries service on Purple Line
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/08/2016
» Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn took the Purple Line train from Tao Poon station in Bangkok to Khlong Bang Phai in Nonthaburi, presiding over the launch of the service at 3.19pm yesterday.
Purple Line opens officially, targeting 200,000 riders a day
Online Reporters, Published on 06/08/2016
» The new Purple Line, the first rail route to connect Bangkok and Nonthaburi, officially opened to the public on Saturday, with the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) expecting it to carry some 200,000 commuters a day in its first year.