Minister confirms all train services at Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong station will finish
Rail services to Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong station will soon be no extra, according to Thailand’s Transport Minister. Saksayam Chidchob says companies to the station will initially be decreased from 118 a day to 22, before being phased out completely. No date has been confirmed for the termination of all companies, but an earlier proposal has it pencilled in for December 23. The move has Bangkok commuters up in arms, frustrated at the increase in expenditure their day by day commute will entail.
According to a Thai PBS World report, many commuters say they will now should journey from the capital’s Bang Sue station by bus in order to reach work places within the metropolis centre. Saksayam has acknowledged their frustration and says he'll hold talks with the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority about working a feeder bus service to transport people from Bang Sue station to the centre of town. โซล่าเซลล์ราคาถูกคุณภาพดี has also pledged to discuss reductions with BTS Skytrain and Metropolitan Rapid Transit to reduce fares for people disembarking at Bang Sue.
Meanwhile, the minister says the State Railway of Thailand has created the SRT Asset Company Limited, which is ready to handle the SRT’s assets in order to reduce its operational money owed, which are approximately 600 billion baht. Thai PBS World stories that the Hua Lamphong terminal is certainly one of several assets positioned on prime actual estate, along with Thonburi practice station, the Mae Nam railway station, and the Royal City Avenue land. The SRT is expected to make 5 billion baht in revenue from the event of its assets within the first yr. This is predicted to extend to 10 billion baht by 12 months 5 and to 800 billion baht in around 30 years.
The minister has acknowledged calls to preserve the Hua Lamphong terminal as a museum, rather than sacrifice it to business improvement. However, he says the SRT’s important debt means he could need to make an unpopular choice..