A free trial of the extension of the Pink Line electric train service, between Si Rat and Muang Thong Thani stations, is open to the public from today until June 16, from 6am to 10pm on week days and from 6am to 11.30pm on weekends.
Trains will run at a frequency of one every 10 minutes, but will be increased to every five minutes when there are concerts or exhibitions being held at Muang Thong Thani complex or when passenger loads demand it.
There are only two stations on this extension, Impact Muang Thong Thani and Muang Thong Thani Lake.
Pichet Kunadhamraks, director-general of the Department of Rail Transport, said that the commercial service will commence on June 17th from 6am until midnight.
The fare between the two stations will be 15 baht, but passengers who are travelling on the Pink Line train from other stations to Muang Thong Thani will pay just an extra 8 baht. The fare for the entire route is 45 baht.
The number of passengers using the Pink Line service, between Khae Rai and Min Buri stations in March this year, was 1,664,931. With the opening of the new extension, it is estimated that the number of passengers using the train service will increase to an average of 14,000 daily.
