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B20 fare gets MRTA approval
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/09/2023
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) board has approved a fare cut for the MRT's Purple Line so passengers will pay a maximum fare of 20 baht per trip starting on Dec 1.
MRTA station plan sparks city architecture row
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/06/2023
» A civil group has called on the Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) to relocate an entry point into the Phan Fa station of its Purple Line to preserve century-old shophouses along Phra Sumen Road.
Purple Line plans worry art chiefs
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/04/2023
» The Fine Arts Department has raised concerns over the need to avoid as many historic sites as possible along a new extension of the Purple Line which will run through Bangkok's Rattanakosin Island old town area.
MRT Blue, Purple Lines extend service hours
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/09/2021
» The MRT Blue and Purple Lines will from Friday extend their service hours until 10pm.
Work on new train lines delayed by Covid-19
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/08/2021
» The construction of three electric train lines has been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas said on Wednesday.
Orange Line row back in court
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/02/2021
» The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) has asked the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases to be brought against the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) over the cancelled bidding for the western extension of the MRT Orange Line.
MRTA signs Pink Line add-on deal
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/02/2021
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) on Tuesday signed a contract to jointly invest in designing, constructing and finding an electric rail operation system to provide maintenance services to the Pink Line's 4-billion-baht Si Rat-Muang Thong Thani extension route.
Delay in rail line trials likely
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/01/2021
» The launch of the Pink and Yellow electric train lines is likely to be postponed to the end of the year, as the Covid-19 outbreak has disrupted the delivery of construction equipment, says the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA).
Rail fares slashed to boost patronage
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/01/2021
» Passes valid for 30 days with a fare discount on the Blue and Purple electric train lines will be sold in March, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) said.
MRTA puts Orange Line extension bids on hold
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/11/2020
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has indefinitely postponed considering bids for construction of the subway system's Orange Line western extension.