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[Wisarut]

Civil Works for Purple line is 65% done and Purple line from Bangsue to Bang Yai will be opened in October 2015 while Blue Ring across City Center and Chao Phraya river will be opened in 2017 - in line with the construction of Pak Nam extension of Green line from Bearing to Samut Prakarn (Pak Nam) ...

Purple line consisted of 2 sections with 32 stations and a price tag of 126.620 Billion Baht (17.22032 Trillion Riels) -
1. Bangsue - Bang Yai - 23 km - 16 stations - ready to accept the daily number of passengers at 96,600 passengers a day in the first year
2. Bangsue - Ratboorana - 19.8 km - 16 stations
http://manager.co.th/Business/ViewNe...=9550000095894

[Wisarut]

First round of talk about Taling Chan - Siriraj (Thonburi) extension of red line commuter - with 150 men participating in the first public opinion meeting with 3 stations on 6.5 km route including
1. Talingchan Floating Market station at Bang Ramad
2. Charansanitwongse station to connect with Blue Ring
3. Thonburi-Siriraj station

The construction of elevated double tracks for this line will take 2 years to be done ... The construction can be started in early 2013 and done by the end of 2015 with the budget of 5 Billion Baht and the expected daily number of passengers in 2019 at 24220 passengers a day. The 2nd round of talk will be called in October 2012.

http://www.prachachat.net/news_detai...&subcatid=0000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQ24YEJekU

[Wisarut]

Thonburi - Siriraj station - at Grade station behind Siriraj Hospital and near the Excellent Center of Siriraj - pretty far from Intercity section of Thonburi station though even though it is 1.3 km away from Charansanitwongse station - Hope that they will come up with facility to connect with the Intercity trains


Charansanitwongse station - elevated station which is an Interchange with Blue ring at Charansanitwongse MRT station - the replacement of Charansanitwongse stop - 2.4 km away from Taling Chan Floating Market station


Taling Chan Floating Market station - at Grade station near the parking lot of Talign Chan District Office - this will replace Bang Ramad Stop - 2.1 km away from Taling Chan Junction -with level crossing with Chimplee Road


Thonburi (Siriraj) - Taling chan extension will consist of 3 tracks - 1 old single track and 2 new tracks - Thonburi Loco Depot and the current Thonburi station for Intercity will function as the Maintenance Center for the Red line commuter

Thonburi station for red line will go deeper to be very closed to Arun Amarin bridge and may even closer to the old Thonburi terminal - a just a few hundred meters away from the old Thoburi terminal ...

The current Thonburi Station & Thonburi Loco Depot will function as the maintenance Center for Red Line commuter on Thonburi side of BKK though ... Let's see how are they gonna make a connection between Thonburi station for Red line commuter and Thonburi station for Intercity as they have been shown as separated entities.
http://songkhlaline.com/download/Tal..._Siriraj02.pdf

[Wisarut]

Reviving the railway link between Aranyaprathet to Poipet.
On Cambodian side, lots of land encroachment as Casino building which require a demolishing a few pillars ... while there is Rong Kluea Market on Thai side which will have no choice but to remove some part of the market and move them to the vacant area nearby.

For the connect with the neighbor, we have learnt that Chinese government initially consider the connection with Thailand via Luang Namtha in Laos and Chiang Khong Port in Thailand but Lao government want a rail link to Viengchan Capital city which compel Thailand to give loan and aids to make 7.7 km extension of railway line from Tha Nalaeng to Viengchan Capital City. It will take 8 hours to go from Nong Khai to China.

There is a hope that once the construction of 7-8 km railway line from Aranyaprathet to Poipet can be started and done by the end of 2014 as the same time as 7.7 km, it will help a lot on import-export tradings between neighbors for AEC in 2015.

http://www.dailynews.co.th/article/5832/148325

[Wisarut]

Dr Krong going to ask Ministry of Finance to take over Airport Link while coming up with extension to Pataya and Rayong as a part of High Speed train service in addition to extension to Donmueang to connect 2 airports.

Furthermore, Airport Link must be separated from SRT and the request of SRT union to keep Airport Link with SRT has been proven a financial disaster -> MOT and those officers in SRT Electric Train who run Airport link have agreed with this viewpoint as they have experience with the bureaucratic red tapes while they need to make urgent procurement.

After the takeover by Ministry of Finance, the 30 billion Baht debts will be handled by the new company as well as SRT. The one who are going to run Airport Link will be Thai Inter and AOT along with Ministry of Finance.
http://www.prachachat.net/news_detai...id=02&catid=00

[SeeMacau]

Originally Posted by Wisarut

Reviving the railway link between Aranyaprathet to Poipet.
On Cambodian side, lots of land encroachment as Casino building which require a demolishing a few pillars ... while there is Rong Kluea Market on Thai side which will have no choice but to remove some part of the market and move them to the vacant area nearby.

For the connect with the neighbor, we have learnt that Chinese government initially consider the connection with Thailand via Luang Namtha in Laos and Chiang Khong Port in Thailand but Lao government want a rail link to Viengchan Capital city which compel Thailand to give loan and aids to make 7.7 km extension of railway line from Tha Nalaeng to Viengchan Capital City. It will take 8 hours to go from Nong Khai to China.

There is a hope that once the construction of 7-8 km railway line from Aranyaprathet to Poipet can be started and done by the end of 2014 as the same time as 7.7 km, it will help a lot on import-export tradings between neighbors for AEC in 2015.

http://www.dailynews.co.th/article/5832/148325

Is this project under construction?

[Wisarut]

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Nope, Not until they cabinet has approved the budget and SRT is calling for contractors and sign the contract after bidding.

[Wisarut]

Now, Website Nakhon pathom - Hua Hin double tracking has been opened since 11 August 2012 => http://www.nakornpathom-huahin.com/

There will be 28 stations along the route as shown here:



Characters of stations along Nakhon pathom - Hua Hin double tracking


Major stations like Nakhon Pathom and Phetburi


Minor stations


Hua Hin elevated station

[Wisarut]

New carriages (the 4th carriages from Siemens) has reached Laem Chabang - need to be under test run until it is ready fro service for Sukhumvit line on 5 Dec 2012 ... withe the capacity increased from 1,106 to 1,490 passengers per set to be used for the existing Bearing extension.

Furthermore, BTSC is going to order 5 sets of Bombadier Movia (assembled as four car formations by CNR Changchun) to be used on Silom line - ready for the extension to Bang Wah

http://www.prachachat.net/news_detai...&subcatid=0000

[AsianDragons]

thai should build a rail line to phuket since the island is close to the mainland

[Wisarut]

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Where to obtain the loan to finance the construction of this line after being cut shot after opening the first 31 km to Khirirat Nikhom on Songkran Day of 1956?

[Wisarut]

Yinglux going to open the TBM to construct the subway tunnel through Rattanakosin Island today at Hua Lamphong station
http://www.innnews.co.th/shownews/show?newscode=399863

Now, TBM is ready for digging the subway tunnel through Rattnakosin Island at the rate of 15 meter per day - Photo by @Wiroon_PJ
https://www.facebook.com/VoiceTVonline

PM Yinglux coming to the inauguration of tunnel digging for the extension of Blue line subway - Work progress at 21.62% -delayed by 3.48% ...
http://www.posttoday.com/%E0%B8%81%E...B8%B4%E0%B8%99

Now MRTA and the government telling the public that 20 Baht flat rate tickets will be implemented in early 2014 with the subsidies to BMCL at 1000 Million Baht a year ... Let's see if they can keep the promise in both 20 Baht flat rate as well as the subsidies to BMCL.

20 Baht flat rate scheme will raise the number of passengers by 15%

For the case of Airport Link, 20 Baht flat rate implemented during Non Rush Hour period from 10 AM to 4 PM ... to encourage the more distribution of passengers to non rush hour period (6 AM to 9 PM and 5 PM to 8 PM).

http://www.prachachat.net/news_detai...&subcatid=0000


Park and ride at Phetburi station closed since 21 July 2012 to make a way for the construction of via duct connection Makkasan station of Airport Link with Phetburi station

http://www.mrta.co.th/news/news_lett...r%20web%20.pdf

[Wisarut]

Traffic Arrangement on New road during the construction of Wang Boorapha station from 25 July 2012 to 1 March 2013 by Khun Totomaru of BMCL
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

[AsianDragons]

are they going to build an mrt in chiang mai and pattaya or not

[Wisarut]

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At least, Chiang Mai will get BRT while Pataya prefer Monorail ... since their municipals are not that so big as Greater BKK

[AsianDragons]

monorail is not that great for transporting people

[Wisarut]

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Never forget that even within Chiang Mai city area, there are only about 500,000 people - compared to 10,000,000 people in Greater BKK (BKK - Samut Prakarn - Nonthaburi or even Pathum Thani)

[Wisarut]

The first batch 35 carriages of BTS from Siemens with the price tag of 2.1 billion Baht coming to Laem Chabang Port Today ... Governor Skhumband coming to the ceremony for receiving the first batch 35 carriages of BTS from Siemens Laem Chabang at 3 PM of 28 August 2012

At the end of 2013, CNR Changchun will deliver the 5 set of 4-car formation rolling stocks for BTS with a price tag of 1,500 Million Baht to Thailand to be used in Silom Line for the extension from Wongwian Yai to Bang Wah
http://breakingnews.nationchannel.co...?newsid=647366
http://www.manager.co.th/QOL/ViewNew...=9550000105889

[Wisarut]

From 28 August to 2 September 2012, Express 77/76 and Express 69/70 will have to be terminated at Udon Thani due to the rails and sleeper replacements on Udonthani - Nong Khai section according to Trak Rehab Phase 6

[Wisarut]

BOI considers abolishing the 3-zone systems and replacing with the types of industries to be promoted according to the demands of the country as the 300-Baht daily wage and 15000-Baht salary scheme have rendered 3-zone system no longer attractive ... Environmental-Friendly Industries that use renewable energy with technology transfers and excellent management on environments with the systems to purify wasted water and smoke will get the FULL SUPPORTS ... the rest will get the partial supports.

Furthermore, industries outside the industrial estates will be further restricted.

FTI have supported the new schemes ...
http://www.thanonline.com/index.php?...-45&Itemid=417

Government Saving Bank now going to invest on Oil-Gold-Stock markets to add more revenue to pay the interests on deposits of 1.6 Trillion Baht ... and finance the loan of 1.5 trillion Baht ... Incredible, GSB has the assets of 1.9 trillion Baht - even dwarf Bangkok Bank or so.

http://www.thanonline.com/index.php?...al-&Itemid=443