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The Rabbit Card not only covers fares for the BTS and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) [18] but also functions as a payment method for various services and restaurants associated with the BTS. [ 19 ] For single journeys, passengers can purchase tickets from machines at the stations.
When completed, it will connect Krung Thon Buri BTS station with Prajadhipok Road in Thon Buri District for a total distance of 2.68 km (1.67 mi). The Gold Line is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) under a 30-year contract. The BTSC also operates the BTS Skytrain. A flat fare of 16 Baht is charged.
The Sukhumvit Line's initial proposal was for 12.8 km (8.0 mi) route running from N4 station to E9 station with the depot located at Lumphini Park near the Silom Line. However, this location for the depot faced backlash from the public opinion, which argued that it violated King Rama VI 's intention in donating his land to establish Lumphini ...
The revised routes are as follows: BTS was extended from Saphan Mai to Eastern Ring Road-Lam Luk Ka with the new extension from Km.25 to Rangsit. BTS was extended from Samut Prakan to Bang Pu, while the National Stadium to Phran Nok section has been shortened to Yot Se. MRT was extended from Rat Burana to Chulachomklao Fort.
Relatively high fares have kept these systems inaccessible to a portion of the population. [33] A 20-baht fare cap on selected journeys was trialled in 2023. [34] The BTS and MRT have had several route extensions since their openings. As of 2023, the Orange Line was under construction as well as extensions to the Purple Line and Pink Line.
On 18 October 2005, with no approval from the central government forthcoming, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) decided to fund and complete the 2.2 kilometers (1.4 mi) Silom Line route extension to Krung Thon Buri and Wongwian Yai Stations. Construction began on 13 December 2005 with completion originally expected within two years for ...
Construction on the first route, Sathon–Ratchaphruek, began in 2007. The route opened for trial runs on 29 May 2010, and officially opened on 14 February 2011. [6] [7] The system's island platforms are accessed by elevated enclosed station facilities, and it shares the ticketing system of the BTS Skytrain. The buses run on dedicated bus lanes ...
It is the sole concessionaire of the original BTS network (including stations from Mo Chit to On Nut on the Sukhumvit Line and National Stadium to Saphan Taksin on the Silom Line), of which the company was the sole investor, and operates extensions to the lines under concession agreements from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (via its ...