The Red Line Mass Transit System ฺBang Sue RangSit Masterplan

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• published: 28 Apr 2015
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The Red Line Mass Transit System ฺBang Sue RangSit Masterplan B20bn Bang Sue transport hub scheduled for 2012 opening CHATRUDEE THEPARAT The new Bang Sue terminal is expected to open in 2012, according to the government. The 20-billion-baht terminal will serve as Bangkok's main transport hub linking provincial buses, rail links and the city's subway. Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont directed cabinet ministers on Tuesday to accelerate work on the Bang Sue terminal to facilitate transport links within the capital. The new terminal is expected to help alleviate traffic congestion in the inner city by taking up the passenger load now carried by the Hua Lamphong rail station. Kosit Panpiemras, a deputy prime minister, met yesterday with officials of the Transport Ministry, the National Economic and Social Development Board, the Mass Transit Rapid Authority and the Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning Office to discuss progress in building the new terminal. The Bang Sue terminal will be a station for the new 26-kilometre, 52.2-billion-baht Red Line running to Rangsit. Another 3.8 billion baht will be allocated for a spur line running from Rangsit to Thammasat University. The project will be financed by revenue from the state Oil Fund, central budget and loans from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation. Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen said the ministry and the State Railway of Thailand would study ways to integrate transport lines under a common ticketing system for the convenience of commuters. Adm Theera said officials discussed ways to link the Bang Sue station with the new Makkasan station for the Airport Rail Link system running from the inner city to Suvarnabhumi Airport, and had agreed that such a line should be left to the next government. For the Bang Sue terminal, the preliminary design has already been completed. Maitree Srinarawat, director-general for the Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning Office, said bids would be tendered starting this month, with construction expected to start by the end of the year. He also said the bidding for contracts to build the 15-kilometre Bang Sue-Taling Chan segment of the Red Line should open in January.