Your holiday in Thailand starts upon arrival at Bangkok Airport. Here's what you need to know when you arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
Airport Rail Link wants to significantly reduce off-peak rates
The Airport Rail Link (ARL) plans to cut fares by 55% during off-peak hours. A flat rate of 20 baht will be introduced for the route between Suvarnabhumi Airport and central Bangkok. The price reduction should ensure that more commuters will opt for the ARL next year.
The solution for Bangkok commuters: A bike path in the sky
A 20 km elevated cycle path between Lat Krabang ARL station and Phaya Thai is to become the solution to traffic congestion and other inconveniences for traffic commuters in Bangkok.
Suvarnabhumi airport transfer to Bangkok
Once you have arrived at Suvarnabhumi International Airport near Bangkok, you still have to go to your hotel and you need transport for that. The Airport Rail Link is the fastest way to travel from the airport to the city, but a public taxi offers more comfort. If you go by taxi, keep a travel time of about one hour.
The plane finally landed after a little under 12 hours from Amsterdam Schiphol to Suvannabhumi International Airport near Bangkok. Then you still have to go to your hotel in Bangkok. The airport is located in the east about 28 kilometers from the center of Bangkok. What are the options for fast travel to your hotel?
The Airport Rail Link in Bangkok that connects the center of Bangkok (Phayathai Station) with Suvarnabhumi International Airport seems to be dying of its own success. An emergency measure with the deployment of two extra trains, one in the morning rush hour and one in the evening rush hour, should bring some air to the busy ARL line.
No new trains for the overloaded Airport Rail Link
Secretary of State Pailin does not agree with the plan of the operator of the Airport Rail Link, the SRT Electric Train Co (SRTET), to buy seven new trains. The Airport Rail Link is a light rail connection in Bangkok between Phaya Thai and Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Trade union wants extra trains for Airport Rail Link
The State Enterprise Electrified Train Workers Union (State Enterprise Electrified Train Workers Union) wants the government to buy more trains for the Airport Rail Link (ARL), the light rail connection between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Phaya Thai station in Bangkok.
Yesterday, a pregnant woman fell onto the rails at Ban Thap Chang station and was run over by an Airport Rail Link (ARL) train. The question now arises whether the ARL stations in Bangkok are safe?
The Airport Rail Link wants to expand the number of trains
The Airport Rail Link operator wants to increase the number of trains by 15 to handle the rising number of passengers on the rail link between Suvarnabhumi and central Bangkok.
Loose rail bolts: Is the Airport Rail Link safe?
Airport Rail Link spokesman Suthep Panpeng claims the Airport Rail Link is safe, but former deputy governor Samart of Bangkok thinks otherwise. According to him, many bolts that connect the rails to the steel plate on which the rails rest have come loose, creating an unsafe situation.
Airport Rail Link: Government must intervene!
It almost went very wrong on Monday and it is a miracle that no deaths or injuries were reported, writes Bangkok Post yesterday. Seven hundred passengers were then trapped in an Airport Rail Link carriage for an hour because of a power failure. As a result, the doors remained closed and the air conditioning also failed. Seven passengers became unwell and passed out.
Panic broke out among Airport Rail Link passengers after a train stopped in the scorching sun for an hour yesterday with closed doors and no air conditioning. Seven passengers fainted from the heat.
Recently I was in Bangkok and noticed that the red Express line of the Airport Rail link is no longer in use. That was the case a while back. The result is a crowded blue City Line that stops at every station.
The Airport Rail Link is being expanded considerably, and bids will start within three or four months, SRT said. This concerns the connections between Don Mueang, Bang Sue and Phaya Thai.
Bangkok Airport Rail Link
I wonder if the construction of the Bangkok Airport Rail Link, which was commissioned at the end of August 2010, was the connection options to MRT and BTS, the subway and skytrain, given due consideration?
News from Thailand – February 24, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– The Sangha comes with another statement about controversial abbot
– Wat Dhammakaya financed with laundered money
– German businessman (40) shoots himself after a fight with girlfriend
– Airport Rail Link will deploy extra night trains from Suvarnabhumi
– THAI Airways sells 42 planes to avoid bankruptcy