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BMA ordered to pay to BTS amounts outstanding for Green Line extensions

September 7, 2022
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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Thailand’s Central Administrative Court issued a ruling today (Wednesday), ordering the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and its investment arm, Krungthep Thanakom Company, to pay Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company…

Green Line train contracts between BTS and Krungthep Thanakom to be disclosed

August 1, 2022
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Krungthep Thanakom, the business arm of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), has agreed to publically disclose the details of its contract and memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the company…

Planned 59-baht maximum fare on BTS extensions opposed

June 29, 2022
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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Thailand’s Consumer Council (TCC), a non-profit consumer protection network, has voiced its strong objection to the planned 59-baht maximum train fare for the two extended routes of the BTS sky…

Green Line could be a tough ride for Chadchart

June 14, 2022
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Managing the controversial Skytrain Green Line shrewdly, bogged down as it is by controversies over high fares, court battle over debt and extension of concession, is going to be a…

BMA authorised to manage troubled Green Line BTS train system – Interior Minister

June 7, 2022
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has the full authority over the troubled Green Line train project, better known as the BTS system, including the controversial operating concession, fares and debts…

Bangkok Governor hopes to reduce BTS fares, meet anti-corruption watchdog

June 2, 2022
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Newly elected Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said he is having a busy day today (Wednesday), a day after he assumed office, as he met with representatives of Krungthep Thanakom, a…

Bhumjaithai leader says party has no problem with government

February 10, 2022
by Mintra Adair
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Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insists that his Bhumjaithai party’s relationship with the government remains good and problem-free, despite their differences over the extension of the concession contract for…

Skytrain concession extension put on hold following Bhumjaithai’s no-show

February 9, 2022
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The cabinet has put on hold the Interior Ministry’s proposed 30-year extension of the concession contract of the BTS Skytrain Green Line system, between the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the…

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PM admits government and BMA cannot delay electric train fares indefinitely

February 10, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha admitted today (Wednesday) that neither the government nor the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) can shoulder the financial burden of prolonging the freeze on fares on the…

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