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“Asawin” compared to inviting “Prayut” to cut the ribbon, the monorail, the gold line, in mid-December, there is no free ride, raising 15 baht on the entire line, revealing more than 96% of the progress. Ten thousand people travel a day and the southern purple line runs down the stake.
At 1:30 p.m. on October 8, 2020, Political General Asawin Kwanmuang, Governor of Bangkok, together with the Bangkok Executive Committee Visited the Golden Line Phase 1 Secondary Public Transport System Project, Krung Thon Buri Station – Station from Khlong San district office, at a distance of 1.8 km.
With the management of the Transit and Transportation Office, Executives from Bangkok Thanakom Company Limited and executives from Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited attended the ceremony at Krung Thonburi Station, Klongsan District.
Advancing 96%
Major General Asawin said that the Golden Line metro project is a new electric train project that Bangkok has implemented in accordance with the cabinet resolution. At present, the construction and installation of the general system has progressed by 96% divided. This is 98% progress of civil works and 92% progress of the bus system.
However, from the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in the past This caused the delivery of trains and equipment to be delayed, in addition to improving the way of entry and exit to meet the needs of the community.
“Big Tu” was invited to open the fee collection immediately
Cause the service opening to be postponed from the original scheduled for October 2020 until mid-December by inviting Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to preside over the ceremony. And it will collect the fee as soon as the service is open.
“The fare for this train line will be 15 baht on the entire line as a gift to Bangkok residents. Especially people in the Thonburi area To have more options to travel by train “
Especially around Khlong San Station Which is home to many government agencies like Taksin Hospital Office of Education Khlong San District Office and Pak Klongsan District Office It will help people to travel to communicate with government officials more convenient.
Additionally, the Golden Line train is also connected to travel on the boat track system to accommodate Green Line train passengers at Krung Thon Buri station. And connect the MRT Purple Line project AND the red line in the future In addition to linking the trips of people using passenger boats on the Chao Phraya river as well “
Spreading democracy, let’s see first
Regarding the construction of an extension from another 1 station to the Prachatok area, a distance of 950 meters, we must first wait for the opening of the stations of the Gold Line 3 to see if the number of passengers is in line with the estimates.
Also, we have to wait and see when the MRT Purple Line project will be built under the Tao Poon – Rat Burana section. This is because the project will result in the gold line carrying more passengers. Because the construction cost is very high By rough estimate Now it’s 1 billion baht.
A Bangkok source revealed that this Bangkok project has assigned Bangkok Thanakom Company Limited (KT) as the operator. The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) operates a 30-year contract, which does not use the government budget. But using the anticipated grant income Siam Piwarat Co., Ltd. Icon Siam Project Owner Use the advertising space on the train worth 2 billion baht to invest in the construction of the project and to hire the vehicle.
3 stops at the stop
The Golden Line metro project has a total distance of 2.75 kilometers, 4 stations along Krung Thon Buri Road, Charoen Nakhon Road and Somdej Phra Chao Taksin Road. The operation is divided into 2 phases.
Currently, it is a phase 1 operation with a distance of 1.80 kilometers consisting of Krung Thon Buri Station (G1), Charoen Nakhon Station (G2) and Khlong San Station (G3).
It is an Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) system or an automated guided mass transit system. Or electric train system, Automated People Mover (APM) is a system of rubber wheels
The vehicle used is the Bombardier Innovia APM 300 electric car, the maximum speed at 80 km / h, 3 cars, 2 cars, capacity of 138 passengers / closet, the electric car has a width of 2.8 meters, a length of 12 , 75 meters and a height of 3.5 meters, the door Its width is 1.9 meters and the height from the ground is 1.1 meters. There are approximately 42,000 trips – people / day
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