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Train fares decision can wait: TCC

news Train fares decision can wait: TCC The Bangkok Post Consumers urge BMA to share details © The Bangkok Post The Thailand Consumers’ Council (TCC) has launched a campaign to halt the cabinet’s plan to rethink the extension of concessions and cheap fares on the BTS skytrain Green Line. Saree Aongsomwang, secretary-general of the newly established consumer protection body, said reviewing the 30-year extension was not an urgent issue and the cabinet should first ask the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to provide details about its proposal. The move follows reports the cabinet would review the lengthy concessionary status of the new electric train service and its capped fare hikes. The suggestion the cabinet was having second thoughts about the BTS Green Line concession and fares emerged last November after the government turned down the BMA’s request to renew the BTS Group’s favoured status.

MRTA seeks input on line extension

MRTA seeks input on line extension 1 published : 27 Feb 2021 at 05:00 1 The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) is gearing up for a new round of bidding for the construction of the 120-billion-baht western extension of the MRT Orange Line. MRTA governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas told the media on Friday that the agency will hold an online market sounding on Monday and the input will be used in the drafting of a request for proposal (RFP). An MRTA committee had held a meeting to discuss fresh bidding for the Orange Line and investment issues for the Purple and Yellow Lines. The MRTA last month scrapped the bidding process for the construction of the western extension, linking the Thailand Cultural Centre in Huai Khwang district to the Bang Khun Non area in Thon Buri, after it became mired in legal wrangles in the Administrative Court.

Orange Line row back in court

Orange Line row back in court 4 published : 24 Feb 2021 at 08:25 4 The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) has asked the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases to be brought against the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) over the cancelled bidding for the western extension of the MRT Orange Line. A source said on Tuesday that a lawyer representing BTSC had filed the petition against the MRTA and other parties on Monday for allegedly violating Sections 157 and 165 of the Criminal Code and Section 172 of the constitution s 2018 organic law on corruption suppression and prevention. The BTSC claims the accused parties unlawfully changed the bidding criteria after a number of contenders, including itself, had already submitted their bids.

BMA promotes dust-free travel

1 Nowadays, air pollutant like fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a harmful threat to our lives. Everywhere, when looking left and right, people inhale the air contaminated with toxic particles that has damaging and adverse effects on life and health. Let’s help each other, starting from the first step out of home until last step at travel destination, to travel without leaving dust to the city. How to design the travel without generating dust?  Reduce dust particles by using the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) – BTS Sky train line extensions cover more areas than in the past and are more accessible for the people.

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