He continued by saying the new trains would be utilised on existing routes to increase service frequencies as well as on two new planned routes. The CEO said the agency still had not decided whether to buy all the trains at once or in stages.
Mr Laoha-Unya added that eight firms had said they would be bidding to supply the trains and these included Siemens and China CNR. He finished off by saying that the final decision on the bid would be made in the first months of 2016.
Current Thai prime-minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has pledged to improve the nation’s transport infrastructure and a part of the master-plan is to lay down 300kms of electric-train track in Bangkok. At present three different bodies operate the Skytrain, the Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link and the MRT underground.
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Bangkok Skytrain operator set to buy more than 40 trains
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Bangkok Mass Transit says it is set to purchase new trains to cater to the spike in demand for public transport. CEO Surapong Laoha-Unya says the agency is set to splash out up to THB10 billion on up to 43 complete trains for use on the Skytrain network.