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Fares are more expensive than London.
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10 Jun 2022 6:38 a.m.
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Mr. Chatchart Sitthiphan has been Bangkok's governor for 3 weeks, working as a spool every day. Most of the problems faced by the former governor. Bangkok left it The big problem that has been piling up for a long time is renewal of the Green Line concession for another 30 years and the contract for operating the Green Line dark secret There are only debts that have emerged as the burden of the people of Bangkok. Late last week, Mr. Chatchat summoned Mr. Kriengpol Pattanarat, director of the Krungthep Thanakom Company (KT), a subsidiary of Bangkok that was set up to do so. Business with the private sector without having to go through the BMA regulations to report information Contract for the MRT Green Line found to be identified Do not disclose contract documents to third parties. reflects the lack of transparency since the beginning
The KT report concludes that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has a debt burden of approximately 40 billion baht for operating the Green Line extension, which is an extension of Phase 1, On Nut-Bearing.
Taksin - Bang Wa
Some of the income has been paid to the private sector and the 2nd extension, Mo Chit - Khu Khot, Bearing - Samut Prakan.
Been sitting free for a long time
increase in debt
Mr. Chatchat gave an interview that according to the principle, anyone who uses it has to pay.
Must be burdened with debt for people who sit for free (Bangkok people who ride the green line
Have to pay the fare on behalf of Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani people in the free seat extension.
including the debt incurred in the extension), so do not take the issue of debt to accelerate the long-term contract
(This sentence, the governor
BKK will tell BTS) because the opening of the ride is free.
The private sector can benefit
is to bring passengers to enter
“The yolk path in the middle” as well.
Bangkok Governor Chatchat said the fact that the BMA wanted to repay the debt, but some of the debt was at Pak Nam.
Samut Prakan Province and Pathum Thani Province
must see justice
Because other train lines such as the yellow line, the pink line, the government borrows money to pay back the infrastructure to operators.
The cost is not very expensive
about the injustice that Mr. Chatchart brought up
In the past, no one spoke
Both the former governor of Bangkok and BTS, why did you take the extension debt?
and the fare in part
Samut Prakan Province and Pathum Thani Province to be the burden of the people of Bangkok to pay the fare and debt instead.
which is unfair to more than 5 million people in Bangkok
The fare for the Green Line train is too expensive.
All applicants for the Bangkok governor agree that the fare should be charged throughout the line not exceeding 25-30 baht.
Fares for electric trains in Bangkok of Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) in 2019, let's talk again.
The fare for the Bangkok Metro is many times more expensive than London, Hong Kong, and Singapore, although Thai people have 8-10 times less income per capita than these countries.
The TDRI research found that
Bangkok has an average skytrain fare of 28.30 baht/way, more than 50% higher than Singapore. Average fare for Singapore rail is 13.3 baht/way, and Hong Kong is 16.78 baht/way.
fare structure
Between the modes of travel, it was found that the fare per 1 kilometer of Thai passengers was higher than that of other countries, for example, higher than London.
6 times higher than Singapore, 3 times higher than Hong Kong. Thai fares per kilometer are 14.8 baht ($0.478), London 12.4 baht ($0.402), Singapore 2.3 baht ($0.075) and Hong Kong 4.08 baht ($0.155).
Have you seen how expensive the Thai train fare is?
How much profit does the train make?
In addition to the profit from the fares, Chatchart also revealed during the campaign that MRT Green Line also has advertising space for rent. This income is over 2,000 million baht per year. If taken together, it will make the fare much cheaper. In this event, the people of Bangkok have to cheer for Khun Chatchat.
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