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Single-ticket Bangkok public transport pushed back to 2020
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 16/06/2019
» The common ticketing system designed to link all modes of public transport in Bangkok will not fully launch this year as planned but commuters will be able to access the MRT Blue Line, the MRT Purple Line and the Airport Rail Link with a single card from September.
Hopewell poles hinder airport link
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 12/06/2019
» The unsettled Hopewell saga may now delay the construction of the high-speed train system to link up the country's major airports, as the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) remains uncertain what to do with 288 poles left from over two decades ago.
TDRI urges cheap fares for new rail routes
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 10/06/2019
» The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is studying how electric train fares could be adjusted along new routes to ensure fairness and affordability to all commuters.
SRT eyeing B40bn budget
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 09/06/2019
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will ask the cabinet to approve a 40-billion-baht budget to build an extension line for the Airport Rail Link.
'Spider' debut postponed
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 24/05/2019
» The project to roll out the Mangmoom, or "spider" cards, which will allow commuters to travel in Bangkok and surrounding areas via multiple modes of transport using a single ticket, has now been postponed until September, according to SRT Electric Train Co, the operator of the Airport Rail Link.
Ramps give disabled train access at last
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 22/05/2019
» After having been in service for nearly nine years, the Airport Rail Link has finally begun using portable wheelchair ramps to help disabled people board and alight from its trains.
Ramps give disabled easy access to trains
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 21/05/2019
» After having been in service for nearly nine years, the Airport Rail Link has finally begun using portable wheelchair ramps to help disabled people board and alight from its trains.
SRT to push B300bn projects
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 16/05/2019
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is prepared to push for bidding of megaprojects worth almost 300 billion in the second half of this year including the high-speed railway project linking Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima and the second phase development of the dual-tracks.
CP's airport link terms 'not set in stone'
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 15/05/2019
» The 50-year contract for the rail development linking three major airports has kept the door open for amendment requests by the concessionaire, according to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
Govt mulls city transit splurge
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 08/04/2019
» The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has proposed Thailand invest in the construction of three mass transit routes worth 100 billion baht to ease congestion and accommodate growth in and around Bangkok.