Mr. Saksiam Chidchob, Minister of Transport, revealed after chairing the meeting of the Committee on Preparing for Service Opening and Management of the Suburban Railway Project (Red Line) and Bang Sue Central Station No. 3/2565 that the meeting had followed up the implementation. ticketing system In the development of EMV Contactless cards (Europay Mastercard and Visa) on the Red Line. which will be available within the month of May 2022
Currently, EMV cards can be used for passenger ships, buses, BMTA, and the Blue Line. and the purple line train There will be an exemption from the entrance fee for connecting between the Blue Line, Purple Line and Red Line to reduce the burden of people’s travel expenses.
In addition, the Ministry of Transport Has prepared to issue a monthly ticket for the Red Line train with BMTA air-conditioned buses at a price of 2,000 baht, which can use the Red Line service for 50 trips and use unlimited number of bus rides. Currently in the presentation Central Land Transport Board Expected to be available in June 65
In addition, the public’s opinions have been listened to through various channels. in order to improve the service. of important service users, including the addition of automatic card top-up machines Increasing the service to be able to top-up the card for 30 days for 30 trips, increasing the frequency of driving. Arrangement of public transport to connect to the station to support sufficient continuous travel to encourage more people to use the service improvement of clear road signs, etc.
The Minister of Transport also acknowledged the plans to increase the revenue of the Red Line train project. from the development of commercial spaces and billboards Bang Sue Central Station Building and the 12 stations of the Red Line of San City, which are in the process of offering approval for the Railway issuing an invitation and is expected to be able to announce the sale of envelopes within June 65
The Transport Minister has ordered to consider adjusting the Feeder route to match the target group. of users of the red line train including organizing activities to encourage people to use the Bang Sue Central Station area, such as highlighting exhibitions such as electric vehicle innovations including attracting the private sector to participate in the event by creating an Event List and making a single fare (Single Fare) method between transport service providers in various systems in order to motivate more passengers to use the service. and increase card distribution channels to make people feel that they can be bought easily, such as opening a distribution channel in welfare stores Shops, cooperatives within the university, etc., including inviting influencers to help publicize by doing promotions, etc.
and let the SRT expedite the expansion of the Red Line train system for all 3 routes, the Light Red Line, from Taling Chan – Salaya. and Taling Chan – Siriraj and the dark red line Rangsit-Thammasat Rangsit section and make a Timeline and Action Plan to be able to follow the plan that is expected to be approved in October 2022 ASAP
As for the results of the passenger traffic of the Red Line Project When between March 26 and April 6, 65, the Bang Sue Central Station area organized the National Book Week. With a total of 715,603 attendees, which resulted in the average number of passengers of the Red Line, an increase of 31.86% from the normal average of 8,216 people-trips, an increase of 10,833 people-trips per day.
By InfoQuest News Agency (27 Apr 65)
Tags: Ministry of Transport, BMTA, Suburban Railway, Sak Siam Chidchob
