All Bangkok articles
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Metro Report InternationalBangkok Pink Line monorail opens
THAILAND: Passenger carrying test operations have begun on the 34·5 km Pink Line straddle monorail in Bangkok. Passengers can travel free of charge until January 2. Official opening is scheduled for December 18. The northwest-to-northeast Pink Line serves 30 stations. It links Nonthaburi Civic Centre on ...
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Metro Report InternationalMRTA lets contracts to build Bangkok Purple Line extension
THAILAND: The Mass Rapid Transit Authority signed six construction contracts for the 23·6 km extension of Bangkok’s Purple Line at a ceremony held on March 11.
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State Railway of Thailand (SRT)
First line opened 1897. Original lines were to 1 435 mm gauge, but converted between 1919 and 1930 to 1 000 mm gauge. State Railway established as an autonomous body in 1951. Restructuring in 2010 created new Traffic, Property and Rolling Stock Maintenance businesses. SRT is the operator of a ...
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Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRT), Bangkok
Manages concesssions for four of Bangkok’s lines (metro: Blue, Purple; monorail: Yellow, Pink) serving 102 stations. See Bangkok network map. MRTA is responsible for planning and construction of metro lines in Bangkok and elsewhere, and provision of associated passenger benefits. It also controls the concession for the Chaloem Ratchamongkhon line, ...
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Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link
Opened 2010; see Bangkok network map. Promoted by State Railway of Thailand, this dedicated standard gauge link connects Bangkok’s new international airport at Suvaranabhumi to the east of the capital with Phaya Thai terminal in the city centre. It was opened August 2010. The line is projected to be extended ...
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Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co Ltd (BTS)
Opened 1999; two-line elevated metro serving 59 stations, plus peoplemover. See Bangkok network map. This concessionaire began operations on December 5 1999 with an initial 23 km network and 23 stations known as BTS Skytrain, since when both lines have been substantially extended. The BTS Silom line, linking central Bangkok ...