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Ministry wants B40 flat fare plan finalised this week
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/11/2025
» The Transport Ministry has ordered plans for the 40-baht flat fare across all city metro lines to be finalised by Thursday for implementation under the current government.
Day pass for all Bangkok trains, B50 expressway toll ceiling planned
Post Reporters, Published on 03/11/2025
» Transport Minister Phiphat Rachakitprakarn has ordered a study into expandng the 40-baht one-day travel pass planned for Bangkok's Red and Purple lines to all electric train services, and capping expressway tolls at 50 baht.
B40 daily flat fare approved for Red and Purple lines
Online Reporters, Published on 30/10/2025
» Bangkok commuters will be able to take unlimited rides on the Red and Purple electric train lines for a flat daily rate of 40 baht starting on Dec 1, Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Thursday.
Minister keen on buying back mass transit lines
Business, Published on 25/10/2025
» Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn says buying back all private mass transit lines is necessary to maintain affordable travel fares for the public, though the Finance Ministry insists there are no plans for such a purchase.
PM green lights new committee to drive electric train fare reform
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed an order establishing a committee to drive policy on electric train fare reform, aimed at easing the cost of living. Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has been appointed chair.
City Hall to begin demolition of Samsen police station on Oct 22
Online Reporters, Published on 16/10/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) looks set to begin demolition of the Samsen police station building in Dusit district on Oct 22, as part of efforts to restore the surface of a section of Samsen Road, which subsided on Sept 24.
Safety tests delaying filling-in of Bangkok’s giant sinkhole
Online Reporters, Published on 06/10/2025
» Essential soil safety tests at the Samsen Road sinkhole site in Dusit district are delaying its filling-in, as the demolition of adjacent Samsen police station continues, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said at the site on Monday morning.
Police station demolition starts at Bangkok sinkhole site
Online Reporters, Published on 05/10/2025
» The demolition of the new Samsen police station began at the sinkhole site on Samsen Road on Saturday night, according to Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt.
The amazing paddy fields of England
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/10/2025
» Important news from Blighty. Rice has been grown for the first time in Britain in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. Apparently this is a result of an unusually hot summer. For a project that had once been dismissed as a joke it's quite an achievement. Let's hope the notoriously fickle English weather doesn't spoil it all. It will probably start snowing tomorrow.
Red, Purple Line fare still B20
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/10/2025
» The cabinet has extended the 20-baht flat fare rate on the Red and Purple Lines for two more months until Nov 30, government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat said yesterday.