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    Airport Link opens

    By david, Created on: 16/08/2010, Last updated on: 12/01/2016

    ยป The new airport rail link opens August 23 and Only three problems impede its linkup with the skytrain and the underground? Once these issues are sorted out, however, the benefits for Bangkok's tourism industry will be phenomenal? The airport link will be good for single travelers, but for 2 or more...

    • drake commented : AS of today. Both Express and City Line runs 0600 till midnight only. You can catch the MRT (subway) at Makkasan and SkyTrain at PhayaThai. There is a walkway connecting SkyTrain (BTS) to City Line platform at Phaya Thai. There is no connecting walkway of any sort from Makkasan to MRT (subway), you have to get out to the road and walk across the tracks to get to the MRT station. There's a taxi stand on the third floor of the Makkasan station (follow the paper sign) but I've seen only one Taxi there the few times I've gone through that station. With the ongoing 15 baht promo the City Line can be completely packed at times. Yes, it's the fastest/cheapest way to get across town right now. I can take BTS from OnNut to PhayaThai then the City Line back down to HuaMak in under 40 minutes during rush hour for all of 55 bht. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/en/index.html Time Table. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... o_pth.html http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... _line.html

    • bobbyd commented : Was reading a best and worst of 2010 stories. It mentioned [b:2hjbzvbs]seventy percent[/b:2hjbzvbs] of international flights arrive between midnight and 3am. As noted, Airport link closes at midnight and opens at 6am. [b:2hjbzvbs]Updates[/b:2hjbzvbs] Also read, Bangkok Airways and Thai Airways International began operating check-in counters at the Makkasan downtown station on Monday. Fares have risen: the Express Line fare will rise from 100 to 150 baht, while fares on the City Line are no longer offered at the flat 15-baht rate, but at a new progressive rate of 15-45 baht. THAI's check-in services operate from 8am to 9pm. Passengers could check in and have their baggage loaded between three and 12 hours before their flights. The service is expected to appeal more to foreign backpackers. Supposedly, a footbridge would be built to link Makkasan station and the MRT subway Phetchaburi station by May. Wanna wager on the date? Ratchaprarop, Hua Mak and Phaya Skytrain stations on the Airport Rail Link will be equipped with escalators by the middle of the year. This year? While I still like the airports trains I see comments such as this: he seats in the City line are too short! It is faster using a taxi from airport and using express ways than taking a taxi at Makasan which is surrounded by the most notorious traffic jams in Bangkok. 2 people up, its cheaper and FASTER to use a taxi as you need to take a taxi again anyway ones you arrive in the city by train!

    • cnx_colin commented : Last trip had plenty of time to get use rail link as my flight was late afternoon had what can be descrided as a bir of a confrontation with the taxi driver gets in tells him new rail terminal at Makkasan pefect english reply why go there i take you airport on the meter No i say i want to try the new rail link the taxi driver spends all the journey trying to convince me that he can get me to the aiport faster becasue 1) the red shirts are at the station protesting 2) there a traffice jam 3) the trains broke and there are delays after much discussions he relutamtly drops me at another station a few stops before Makkasan which turned out great as i went on the slow train to the airport instead of the express for 45 bhat talking to other people who done the downtown to airport run taxi drivers are now more readily doing it on the meter rather than you have to negociate a seperate rate !!!!!

    • drake commented : [quote="len":3ugy6i8l]Mate of mine (speaks very good Thai language) said he was informed by the main downtown terminal station staff that trains run every 40mins at night, not every 10mins!! What wonderful news!! Can anyone else confirm this?[/quote:3ugy6i8l] Airport Link does NOT run every 10 minutes. More like an interleave of 40/30 minutes between the Express and 20-ish of the City Line. 5-8 minutes when you count the randomly inserted Huamak-PhayaThai morning supplemental. They've posted THIRTEEN separate time tables now.... There is a new PhayaThai Express service between Airport and PhayaThai station, finally. 90bht/ride introductory price till end of year. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/en ... il/26.html There is still no sign of a walkway linking Makkasan station to the Subway which was supposed to be built 'middle of the year'. The pavestone sidewalk outside the station is buckling, watch your step.... Taxi/minibus/mosai services at other stations are much better organized now. I can actually grab a cab most of the time at my stop. They had (finally) built (asphalt) parking lot(s) at different stops back in Feb/Mar Some of the lots are now severely potholed....already ? The time table links on the Airport Rail Link English page are still forked. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/en/index.html So, here's the time tables from their Thai page. Incidentally, the tables are in English.... Weekday, City Line, inbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ity_1.html Weekday, City Line, inbound morning supplemental. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ity_7.html Weekday, City Line, outbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ity_2.html Weekend, City Line, inbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ity_1.html Weekend, City Line, outbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ity_2.html Weekday, Makkasan Express, inbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_4.html Weekday, Makkasan Express, outbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_3.html Weekend, Makkasan Express, inbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_4.html Weekend, Makkasan Express, outbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_3.html Weekday, PhayaThai Express, inbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_6.html Weekday, PhayaThai Express, outbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_5.html Weekend, PhayaThai Express, inbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_6.html Weekend, PhayaThai Express, outbound. http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/th ... ess_5.html

    • carrish22 commented : Passengers flying out of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport can now check in for their flights at the Airport Link's Makkasan Station.

    • ricardofel commented : You have to take a taxi to Makkasan to ride the express train to the airport....incompetence from the start. Should have been a connection from the BTS or MRT. The ride was fast and comfortable...BUT I had no luggage and if the train is crowded you will have a big problem. Taxi driver had no idea where to drop me off and if you arrive at Makkasan from the airport there were NO taxis to take you home. All in all a rather incompetent creation, but typical.

    • beowulf commented : I used the airport link trains on my trip to Bangkok in September 2010. I used the express non-stop service to Makkasan at about 6 pm on my arrival and the City Line stopping service from Phayathai Station when I departed at 6 am. The fares paid were 100 Baht & 15 Baht respectively. Both fares rise in January 2011. The train services were excellent and there's plenty of room for baggage. The non-stop service was practically empty, with most people taking the much cheaper City Line service. There were no Taxi's on the forecourt on arrival at Makkasan so I had to walk about 100 metres to the main road to flag down a Meter Taxi. The first City Line service from Phayathai station is at 6 am which was okay for me but earlier trains would be better. Those catching a taxi to the City Line at Phayathai station should enter from the escalator on the slip road at the Skytrain station and not go up the steps to the Skytrain station itself.

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