Travel on the eight station extension will be free-of-charge until April, when the initial section of the 18.4km Mo Chit - Khu Kot extension is due to open.
The journey time from Samrong to Kheha is 13 minutes.
Siemens and Turkish partner Bozankaya are supplying 22 four-car trains for the extension of the Sukhumvit Line under a contract awarded in May 2016. Siemens will be responsible for maintaining the fleet for 16 years and a new depot has been built on the extension at Muang in Samut Prakan.
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