Bangkok Metro Public Company Limited (BMCL) has become the first metro
operator in Thailand since Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand
(MRTA) has given BMCL a confidence to be the concessionaire of operating
The M. R. T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line Project (The MRT System) on
August 1, 2000.
The MRT System starts from Bangkok Railway
Station (Hua Lamphong) along Rama 4 road, crosses Samyan intersection,
Silom intersection and Wireless intersection, turns left to
Ratchadaphisek Road at Rama 4 intersection, passing Queen Sirikit
National Convention Center to Asoke-Sukhumvit intersection,
Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection, Rama 9 intersection, Huai Khwang
intersection, and Sutthisan intersection, then turns left to Lat Phrao
road at Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection, faces to Lat Phrao
intersection, Phahon Yothin road, Chatuchak Park, Mo Chit Northern Bus
Terminal (Old), and turns right to Kamphaeng Phet road, passing The
Marketing Organization for Farmers (MOF) market, and finally ends at
Bang Sue Railway Station.
Operating Hour
• 06.00 am – midnight daily.
• Frequency
- Less than 5 minutes during the peak hours 06.00 - 09.00 am. and 04.30 – 07.30 pm.
- Less than 10 minutes during the off-peak hours.
• Maximum 19 serviced rolling stocks.
The BTS Skytrain
is the safest, most comfortable and convenient way to
get around Bangkok. In service since December 5, 1999, it has
transformed the face of public transportation in the Thai capital, for
the first time offering both residents and visitors a comfortable ride
through central Bangkok - lifting commuters above the chronic
congestion, noise and pollution of the streets below.
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