Purple and Red Lines Losing Bt7.4m a Day Since Bt20 Fare Imposed

Operators of the Purple Line and Red Line suburban train services suffered a combined loss of Bt7.4 million per day between October 16 and November 14, after fares were capped at…

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SRT says 90-day advance booking service is not complicated and begins today

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has offered an assurance that the extension of the period for advance bookings of train tickets to 90 days is not complicated or confusing….

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Red Line train fare to be reduced to Bt20 by New Year

The State Railways of Thailand (SRT) board agreed yesterday (Thursday) to cut the fare on the Taling Chan-Bang Sue-Rangsit Red Line train service to 20 baht, from a maximum of…

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Thai Court revokes arbitrator’s ruling on Hopewell’s ฿24Bn compensation

Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has revoked a ruling by an arbitration tribunal, ordering the Ministry of Transport and State Railways of Thailand (SRT) to pay Hopewell Thailand Company 24 billion…

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Japanese netizen whose photo prompts clean-up in Bangkok thanks SRT

A Japanese tourist, who shared photos of a Kiha-183 series train, donated to Thailand by Japan, passing through piles of garbage in the Phaya Thai area, thanked the State Railway…

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Prototype luxury train car being developed by KMIT Ladkrabang

King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang has recently unveiled its locally-developed prototype luxury train carriage, to be put into service on the State Railway of Thailand’s (SRT) high-speed and tourist…

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SRT and BMTA launch transit tickets for seamless travel on city buses and Red Line trains

The SRT Electrified Train Company and Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), the operator of the city bus service, announced the launch of transit pass tickets today (Wednesday), which can be…

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SRT board still undecided on Bang Sue station’s sign issue

The board of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) remains undecided over how to proceed with the controversial project to change the name sign on Bang Sue Grand Station to…

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Bangkok’s Bang Sue train station name plate change put on hold

Under heavy criticism for what is being seen as a waste of taxpayers’ money, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has decided to postpone its plan to replace Bang Sue…

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The 33-million-baht signboard scandal derailing Thailand’s new grand central station

Thailand’s new national rail terminus has run into trouble even before its official unveiling. Bang Sue Grand Station is setting social media alight with news that signboards for its new…

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SRT will compensate families of those killed by Tuesday’s bomb in Songkhla

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has announced the deaths of three of its employees in an explosion today (Tuesday), at the scene of Saturday’s train derailment, and has promised…

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Bang Sue-Wat Samian Nari tunnel opens to traffic Tuesday

The Bang Sue-Wat Samian Nari tunnel has been opened to traffic for the first time today (Tuesday) by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). The tunnel will help facilitate travel…

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SRT starts trial run of BKK-Chachoengsao train service using refurbished Japanese rolling stock

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has launched a trial run of used train carriages, donated by Japan and refurbished by the SRT, on the Bangkok-Chachoengsao-Bangkok route, before full operation…

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Carriages, trains added to handle passenger load over Songkran

The State Railway of Thailand has added carriages to 184 trains today (Tuesday) in anticipation of an increase in passengers travelling out of Bangkok to celebrate the Songkran festival. The…

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Thai court stays order for ฿25.7bn baht compensation payment to Hopewell

The Central Administrative Court has stayed the execution of a court injunction, upheld by the Supreme Administrative Court, ordering the Thai Transport Ministry and State Railway of Thailand to pay…

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Minor SRT official credited with granting of retrial in long-running Hopewell saga

The Thai Prime Minister’s advisor Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, recently in charge of the three-decade-long Hopewell saga, which is a case between the Thai government on one side and Hopewell (Thailand) on…

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SRT launches special train service to Buri Ram to celebrate meatball festival

The State Railway of Thailand launched special train services yesterday for anyone, especially fans of K-pop idol Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban, wanting to celebrate the meatball festival in the north-eastern province…

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SRT given a month to lower fares on the two Red Line extension routes

The Ministry of Transport has ordered the State Railway of Thailand to reduce fares on the Red Line extension routes, from Bang Sue to Taling Chan and from Bang Sue…

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146 more COVID-19 cases recorded today in Samut Sakhon

An additional 146 COVID-19 cases, 90% of which are migrant workers from Myanmar, were recorded in Thailand’s coastal province of Samut Sakhon today, one of the country’s major seafood centres,…

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More public venues in Bangkok face closure

More public venues in Thailand’s capital face closure, from tomorrow until end of April, as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) tightens the partial lockdown of the city to stem the…

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CP led consortium to sign contract for high-speed train airport project

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will, this afternoon, preside over the signing of a public-private-partnership (PPP) contract between the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and the Charoen Pokphand Group-led consortium for…

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Transport Ministry and SRT to pay Hopewell 12 billion baht compensation

Thailand’s Transport Ministry and the State Railways of Thailand (SRT) have lost their appeal against the Supreme Administrative Court’s order that they pay 12 billion baht in compensation to Hopewell…

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SRT to seek Cabinet help in 25-billion-baht Hopewell compensation

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will ask the Cabinet through the Ministry of Transport next Monday to help pay the 25 billion baht breach of contract compensation to Hong…

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