"Purple Line"

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) on Wednesday signed contracts with three consultant consortiums to hire them to supervise the construction of the south Purple Line electric train project.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to allow commuters who use contactless Europay Mastercard and Visa (EMV) cards to pay only one fare when switching between Bangkok’s Purple Line and Red Line.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has told its contractors to prepare to start foundation work on the southern MRT Purple Line in August, according to a well-informed source.

Construction of the Purple Line mass-transit system’s southern section will start later this year after the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRT) signed six contracts with five major construction firms on Friday, the agency said.

Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction (STEC) will compete against Nawarat Patanakarn (NWR) in bidding for the 78-billion-baht MRT Purple Line.

The committee for railway supervision and management has approved new names for some Orange, Purple, Pink and Yellow Line electric train stations.

The State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO) has approved government investment this year in four public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects worth a total Bt162.95 billion. The four are among 10 projects worth Bt200 billion that SEPO’s Public-Private Partnership Committee is screening for government investment in 2021.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) is expected to call for bids to construct the Purple Line southern extension in February next year, said governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has extended the period of its Purple Line fare reduction in accordance with the present Covid-19 situation, encouraging people to use the line more.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will call bids for the extension of two mass transit systems within this year, the MRTA governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas said.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) today extended its fare discount on the MRT Purple Line between Tao Poon and Bang Yai for another three months. The low-fare period had been due to expire on June 30.

The Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas said on Wednesday (December 25) that the Cabinet has approved the Ministry of Transport’s proposal to reduce the fare of Metropolitan Rapid Transit Chalong Ratchadham Line (MRT Purple Line) from Bt14-Bt42 to Bt14-Bt20.