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Home » News from Thailand » BTS starts test drives on the Gold Line in Bangkok
BTS starts test drives on the Gold Line in Bangkok
BTS Gold Line under construction in January this year (Sirichai Rattanaphanakul / Shutterstock.com)
It is an ambitious project and the first test drives on the Gold Line in Bangkok will start soon. Three unmanned trains will run on this line.
The test drives will start soon, the official opening of the 29-kilometer route will follow on October 1,8. The monorail stops at three stations – Krung Thonburi, Charoen Nakhon and Klong San. There you can transfer to the BTS Green Line.
The monorail was built on the basis of a public-private partnership and the line should ensure that residents of the Thonburi district of Bangkok can travel more easily to the center and Iconsiam.
The unmanned Bombardier Innovia APM 300 trains can reach a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
Commuters can use the service for free until October 29, after which a ride on the Gold Line costs 16 baht per person.
Source: The Nation
Dear people,
Does anyone know if the redline is already working or if it will open?
The SRT Light Red Line is scheduled for early 2021. The SRT Dark Red Line for sometime in 2021 or 2022.
It is ridiculous that all public transport in BKK does not connect seamlessly and it is therefore very annoying to get out and into the other transport network. Stairs, having to walk a long way, crossing road(s) and above all having to buy a new / different ticket every time. All that ill-considered stuff partly undermines the efficiency of the billions that are invested in it, rightly so.
Indeed Mark. Last December when I came back from Hua Hin I thought I'd take the public transport to Sukhumvit from Sai Tai Mai bus station. Well, I knew that!
Oh well oh well. We measure everything by how things are arranged at home and that is of course much better. I sometimes find that chaos in public transport (which it sometimes is) amusing. And for that price. I travel to work every day (about 30 kilometers) by songteaw (8 Baht) and the express boat on the Chao Phraya (20 Baht). Not even a euro together. Think about that in the Netherlands.
I assume that 28 baht is one way, dear Chris. That is 56 baht daily, which is less than 1/5 of the minimum wage in Thailand. That is quite a lot of money for many Thai people. Not for you.
First you laugh a bit about an unmade comparison with the Netherlands and then you give a nonsensical financial comparison with the Netherlands.
I don't think Marc Dalle is a minimum income Thai citizen. If so, I warmly compliment him on his excellent command of the Dutch language.
Completely agree with Marc.
It is not efficient with div cards.
There must be a system for all public transport systems.
Ben
Well Marc, Stan and Ben, that is the result of the capitalist free market principle.
The various private parties in the public transport market are not really interested in smooth connections with the competition. Their primary goal is to make as much profit as possible.
Already more than four years ago there was a plan to introduce one card for all public transport in Bangkok - the Spider Card (บัตรแมงมุม) - but as far as I know it has not been possible to convince all parties so far. to participate with this public transport card for Bangkok.