BOMBARDIER has secured two contracts to supply a total of 72 Innovia Monorail 300 trains for two new monorail lines in Bangkok.

A missing link in Bangkok’s metro network was bridged on August 11, when Thailand’s prime minister Mr Prayut Chan-o-cha inaugurated the 1.2km extension of the Blue Line from Bang Sue to an interchange with the Purple Line at Tao Poon.

THE Thai cabinet has approved a Baht 101bn ($US 3bn) project to double the length of the Purple Line of the Bangkok metro by adding 23.6km from Tao Poon south to Rat Burana.

THAILAND’s National Environment Board (NEB) has approved the first phase of the Bangkok - Chiang Mai high-speed line, after an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

MASS Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has signed six contracts with a total value of Baht 79.2bn ($US 2.3bn) for the construction of the metro Orange Line.

MASS Rapid Transit of Thailand (MRTA) has confirmed that two consortiums have submitted bids for the public-private partnership (PPP) contracts for Bangkok’s Pink and Yellow line projects, both of which will be developed as monorails.

JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (Jica) signed an agreement with the government of Thailand on September 30 for the loan of up to Yen 166.9bn ($US 1.6bn) for the construction of the metre-gauge Red Line in Bangkok.

PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand opened Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit Purple Line on August 6 with an inaugural trip on the 23.5km line from Tao Poon to Khlong Bang Phai station in the district of Bang Yai, where the opening ceremony took place.

THE Thai cabinet announced on July 26 it has approved the construction of extensions worth Baht 44.2bn ($US 1.3bn) to the metre-gauge Red Line surburban rail network in Bangkok.

BANGKOK Mass Transit System (BTS) has awarded contracts worth a total of Baht 10.9bn ($US 305m) for two fleets of metro trains. Siemens will supply 22 four-car Inspirosets while CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, China, will supply a further 24 four-car trains.