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Chadchart seeks extra B32bn for Green Line debt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/10/2025
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is seeking an additional 32 billion baht from the Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC) to settle outstanding debts for operating and maintaining the extended sections of the Green Line electric skytrain.
BMA urged to manage new train
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/10/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC) has suggested the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) take over managing the Green Line electric train from its business arm, Krungthep Thanakom (KT), or return the project to the government.
NACC supports Green Line claim
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2023
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found grounds to allegations of graft against former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumband Paribatra and 11 others -- most of whom were top City Hall executives under his administration -- relating to the extension of the Green Line's concession contract.
City Hall will prop up Bus Rapid Transit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will continue the city's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service when the concession granted to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), a private operator of the service, ends on Aug 31.
Cabinet defers BMA's Green Line debt issue
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/07/2023
» The cabinet decided on Wednesday that it will let its successor deal with the debt incurred by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in hiring Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) to operate the Green Line extension, according to a Government House source.
'Testing' holding up Yellow Line trials
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2023
» The trial run and commercial launch of the Yellow monorail system are not yet finalised because system testing is not complete, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA).
Top court backs MRTA in Orange Line dispute
Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2023
» The Supreme Administrative Court has overturned a lower court ruling in a dispute over bidding for the construction of the Orange Line’s western extension, which could allow the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) to proceed with the project.
Sukhumbhand facing Green Line graft charges
Post Reporters, Published on 11/03/2023
» Former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has been implicated by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) over alleged irregularities in contract extensions to operate the Green Line mass-transit routes a decade ago.
Court agrees to dismiss Orange Line suit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/03/2023
» The Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday upheld a decision of the lower Administrative Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) against the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) and its bidding committee for damages incurred over the Orange Line's western extension.
Probe sought over Orange Line bidding
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/12/2022
» A group of opposition parties on Thursday petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate key government figures for losses over the Orange Line project.