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City Hall prepares to consider future of skytrain
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/12/2025
» Bangkok city officials are preparing to consider the future of the skytrain system, as the expiry of the existing 30-year concession is just four years away.
Mekong River scenic road project now 16% complete
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/08/2025
» The Naga Withi project, a new scenic road along the Mekong River in the Northeast, is 16% complete ahead of its slated completion in 2027, said the Department of Rural Roads (DRR).
Govt asked to pay City Hall's B50bn skytrain debt
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/03/2023
» Representatives of skytrain employees have asked the government to pay the 50 billion baht debt the company accumulated in running the Green Line extension owned by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
BMA mulls transferring new rail lines
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/08/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt now wants to transfer two new electric rail projects to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), while City Hall is still struggling to clear up problems surrounding the Green Line’s concessions.
Krungthep Thanakhom ponders government intervention
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/07/2022
» The board of Krungthep Thanakhom (KT), the business arm of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), is considering two options involving government intervention to help solve issues surrounding two Green Line extensions.
New BTS station walkway connections win green light
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/06/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has approved plans to construct and improve walkways connecting large buildings with Udomsuk and Mor Chit BTS Skytrain stations.
Shots site for Bangkokians
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/05/2021
» A website will be launched tomorrow to enable healthy Bangkokians to book their Covid-19 vaccinations.
City Hall rejects Green Line debt payment
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/04/2021
» City Hall has shot down a proposal seeking to disburse nine billion baht of its budget to settle part of the debts incurred by Green Line electric train operations.
BTS operator threatens to sue City Hall over skytrain debt
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/04/2021
» The operator of the BTS skytrain is considering suing the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to collect some 30 billion baht in costs incurred from running the Green Line extension, its chief operating officer said on Friday.
Smart City project a source of conflict
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/11/2020
» The row over a plan to purchase land from a community behind the old Mor Chit Bus Terminal to build an elevated road as part of a "smart city" project around the mass transit station has raised questions about the way the state spends taxpayer money on land expropriation.