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Report from Bangkok Post dated Thursday 21 June 2007 :-
New rapid bus route to open in 2008
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to launch its second Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route from Mor Chit bus terminal to Pakkret next year.
Deputy Bangkok governor Panich Vikitsreth said a consultancy firm is studying the feasibility of the second BRT route, which covers 18.6 kilometres. It will link the Mor Chit area with the new complex of government agencies on Chaeng Watthana road.
The BRT is a system of air-conditioned buses running on dedicated lanes unhindered by normal traffic delays.
Under the plan, there will be eight stops on the route. The number of stops may increase if necessary, he said. The study indicated that the route would help ease traffic congestion as it would serve over 100,000 commuters a day.
The route was previously the third in priority, after the proposed Ratchapruek-Chong Nonsi line, which is already running, and the Don Muang-Min Buri-Suvarnabhumi BRT route. However, the study showed that the Mor Chit-Pakkret line was more urgent, he said.
Mr Panich said the BMA will try to launch both routes next year. The Pakkret line will cost around 1.12 billion baht to complete while the other Suvarnabhumi route will cost 4.53 billion baht.
The Chong Nonsi-Ratchapruek line, which covers a distance of 20 kilometres, cost 2.17 billion baht and can serve 134,800 commuters a day.
Another two proposed BRT routes are the 25km line from Min Buri via Srinakarin road to Bang Na and the 15.6km route from Bang Na to Suvarnabhumi airport which are predicted to serve 85,700 and 40,300 passengers a day respectively.
Mr Panich also mentioned the skytrain extension from Sathon to Thon Buri. He said the BMA was negotiating a 390-million-baht contract with the Canadian firm Bombardier for the supply of a signalling system for the extension.
He said the BMA executive board agreed on Tuesday to the negotiation with Bombardier without having to call bids from other suppliers. This is because the company has already been selected by the Bangkok Mass Transit System Co (BTSC), which operates the existing elevated trains, to install its new signalling system connected to the 2.2km extension.
"But we cannot say that we have already selected Bombardier. We must talk with the firm first to find if it can accept our procurement price.
"If the answer is no, we may have to call Siemens who constructed the signalling system currently used on the BTS," he said.
Apart from the signalling system, the BMA will also seek contractors for three more systems and services to complete the 2.2km railway link, including communications, power supply and information systems, he said.
The BMA expects to sign and finalise all of its outstanding contracts for the elevated skytrain line by September so that it can open the new BTS extension by September 2008.
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Posted on: 1:39 am on June 21, 2007
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They have a similar thing here in the San Fernando Valley and its pretty good. Rather than building a sub way they just put in a road for the express bus only. All the road crossings have the rail road gates sort of thing to stop traffic as the bus flys through. The buses are a different looking kind than the regular ones, they look real modern and cool.
Some how in Bangkok I can't imagine it working quite as smoothly...
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Posted on: 8:52 pm on June 30, 2007
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 9 October 2007 :-
Bus fares to increase mid of October 2007
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Passengers will have to pay more as city and inter province bus will increase their fares by mid of October 2007.
For non-air conditioned buses and mini-buses, the fare will be increased by Bt0.50 while air-conditioned buses Bt1 per sector.
For inter province buses, the fare will be increased Bt3 per one kilometre.
The increase will take effect on October 15, 2007.
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Posted on: 5:12 am on Oct. 9, 2007
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Report from The Nation dated Thursday 8 November 2007 :-
Rapid bus system delayed - Critics say dedicated lane for new service would worsen congestion
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The first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services commence next July, more than 100 days behind schedule.
The 15.9-kilometre Chong Nonsi-Ratchaphruek section has experienced construction delays, explained Bangkok Deputy Governor Phanich Wi-kitsate, who oversees the BRT project.
The first route is costing Bt2.1 billion and will depart from the Chong Nonsi Skytrain station, along Narathiwat Rajanakrin and Rama III Roads, then across the Rama III Bridge over the Chao Phya, then to Ratchadaphisek and end in the Ratchaphruek area.
Each run along the 12-stop route will take between 28 minutes to 35 minutes. Fares for the air-conditioned ride will range from Bt12 to Bt18.
A bus will leave the terminus every seven to 10 minutes, increasing to every three to five minutes at rush hours.
There will be a park-and-ride area at Ratchaphruek station with a capacity of 100 cars. Parking areas will be built at the stops in between, too.
A skywalk will provide access to the Chong Nonsi station and connect it with the Skytrain. BRT buses will run in dedicated lanes close to traffic islands. Commuters will alight from platforms built on the islands.
Critics say the plan will worsen traffic congestion when the services starts, because it will take up a lane currently used by other vehicles.
But Governor Apirak Kosayodhin - the service was his brainchild and one of his election promises - said it will be an immediate, cheap solution to gridlock. He said it cost less than the Skytrain or subway and was much quicker to build.
The BRT costs between Bt80 million and Bt120 million a kilometre and the Skytrain cost Bt1.2 billion to Bt1.5 billion for the same distance. The underground train cost Bt3 billion per kilometre, Phanich said. The Bangkok Metropolitan Admi-nistration (BMA) has not decided if the routes will be operated directly by the city or by a BMA-regulated company.
As soon as this was concluded, new buses would be purchased. This is expected to be sometime in June next year.
When it is fully operational the service will run between 5am to 11pm. It is estimated to cost Bt200 million a year.
The Bt10-million, 12-metre-long buses plying the routes will run on natural gas and hold 80 passengers.
Phanich said each BRT route hopes to transport 50,000 computers a day, its break-even point. They expect to take 19,000 cars off the road each day.
A second route from Mo Chit Skytrain terminal in Chatuchak to Chaeng Wattana government centre in Nonthaburi will start in mid-2009. This 13.5-kilometre route will have eight stops and will cost Bt1.5 billion.
Five other routes are awaiting BMA consideration over the next three years.
The total distance covered will eventually reach 120 kilometres and will take three years and Bt12.89 billion to build.
The proposed routes are Surawong-Ratchaphruek-Pracha Uthit (23 kilometres at a cost of Bt2.17 billion) ; Don Muang-Min Buri-Suvarna-bhumi Airport (38 kilometres at Bt4.53 billion) ; Pak Kret-Mo Chit (18.7 kilometres at Bt1.12 billion) ; Min Buri-Srinakarin-Soi Bearing (25 kilometres at Bt31.2 billion) and Bang Na-Suvarnabhumi Airport (15.6 kilometres at Bt1.93 billion).
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Posted on: 8:56 pm on Nov. 7, 2007
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Report from Bangkok Post dated 14 March 2013 :-
New bus links to Don Mueang Airport
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Two air-conditioned bus services have been added to the routes between Don Mueang airport and central Bangkok starting Thursday, the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) says.
They are the A1 route between Don Mueang Airport and Mor Chit bus terminal, and the A2 route between the airport and Victory Monument.
The BMTA said the A1 route will have 6-8 buses making 14 round trips a day and the A2 will have 8-10 buses running 20 round trips a day. The first bus leaves at 9am and the last trip is at midnight.
The fares on both routes are no more than 30 baht a trip.
The routes will connect with other routes throughout the capital, the BMTA said.
The new routes are in line with Transport Ministry policy to promote the airport by providing more public transport to cater to tourists and air travellers.
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Posted on: 9:21 pm on Mar. 14, 2013
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