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BTS train operator likely to retain bus feeder service
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/02/2024
» Bangkok Mass Transit System plc (BTSC) proposed the lowest quotation of the two bidders vying for a five-year-long concession of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), the bus feeder service for its BTS electric railway.
SET Index to test 1,670 this month
Business, DAOL Securities, Published on 03/12/2022
» December holds the potential for a rebound in the Stock Exchange of Thailand, as the market expects the US Federal Reserve will slow the pace of its interest-rate increases.
Dates set for Pink, Yellow line trials
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/10/2022
» The partial opening of the Yellow and Pink monorail lines for trial service has been set for December with the launch for commercial operation earmarked for early next year, according to the Department of Rail Transport (DRT).
BTS shares drop, BRT future uncertain after Chadchart victory
Online Reporters, Published on 23/05/2022
» Shares of Skytrain operator BTS Group Holdings Plc nosedived on Monday while the future of express bus operator BRT is hanging in the balance in the wake of Chadchart Sittipunt's victory in the Bangkok governor election.
Court asks for Orange Line bid files
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/03/2021
» The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has asked the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) to submit a number of documents which the court will need to consider the complaint filed by the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) relating to bidding for the Orange Line's western extension.
Ministry swaps trams for electric buses in Phuket
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2020
» PHUKET: The Transport Ministry has done a U-turn, opting to replace the much-anticipated tram project with an electric bus system so it can save 10 billion baht.
Bangkok transit map to feature new Grey Line
News, Supoj Wancharoen and Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 30/09/2019
» After Green, Blue, Purple, Yellow, Pink and Brown, it is time for commuters to add Grey to their trips.
Rise of Rama IV Road
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep and Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 29/07/2019
» Mushrooming mixed-use projects along Rama IV Road offer a glimpse of more hustle and bustle in the near future, with prospects of job creation and higher land prices in the making.
Charging the EV market
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 01/07/2019
» While electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be cheaper than internal combustion engine (ICE) or conventional vehicles in Europe in just three years from now, green vehicles are still far too costly for most drivers in Southeast Asia. A lack of subsidies and infrastructure is holding back EV adoption in the region, experts say.
Cities for the people
Asia focus, Abhas K Jha in Singapore, Published on 22/04/2019
» Dante's Divine Comedy describes one level of hell (the City of Dis) as "Satan's wretched city … full of distress and torment terrible". He could well have been describing many modern-day metropolises.