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750 V DC third rail. Top speed. 80 km/h (50 mph) The Metropolitan Rapid Transit or MRT is a mass rapid transit system serving the Bangkok Metropolitan Region in Thailand. The MRT system comprises two fully operational rapid transit lines (Blue and Purple) and two fully operational monorail line (Yellow and Pink), with another rapid transit line ...
Rail transport in Bangkok. Hua Lamphong Railway Station. Rail transport was introduced to Bangkok in 1893, and the national railway network was developed during the 20th century. Modern rapid transit in Bangkok includes several rail systems: the BTS Skytrain which opened in 1999, followed by the MRT, Airport Rail Link and SRT Red Lines .
A typical BTS station platform, showing platform screen doors. Plans for mass transit in Bangkok began in the early 1980s. An early version of the Skytrain project was known as the Lavalin Skytrain because it was designed using the Vancouver SkyTrain as a model, adopting technology developed by SNC-Lavalin. Due to political interference, the ...
MRT and BTS: 80 km/h (50 mph) ARL and SRT: 160 km/h (99 mph) The Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, or M-Map, is the latest version in a series of Thai government plans for the development of an urban rail transit network serving the Greater Bangkok area. It was drafted under the care of the Office of Transport and ...
The MRT Blue Line ( Thai: รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายสีน้ำเงิน) or MRT Chaloem Ratchamongkon Line ( Thai: รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายเฉลิมรัชมงคล) is Bangkok's third rapid transit line, following the Sukhumvit line and Silom line of the BTS Skytrain. It is the ...
The table below lists 192 stations in operation, comprising: 47 stations on the BTS Sukhumvit Line. 14 stations on the BTS Silom Line. 3 stations on the Gold Line. 38 stations on the MRT Blue Line. 16 stations on the MRT Purple Line. 8 stations on the Airport Rail Link. 10 stations on the SRT Dark Red Line.
Pink Line (Bangkok) The MRT Pink Line ( Thai: รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายสีชมพู) is an elevated monorail train line of the MRT in Bangkok and Nonthaburi Province, Thailand. The monorail line is 34.5 kilometres (21.4 mi) long and has 30 stations. [2] It runs in the northern part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Area ...
The MRT Orange Line ( Thai: รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายสีส้ม) is a rapid transit line of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand. When fully completed, the MRT Orange line will be 35.9 km (22.3 mi) long with 29 stations (7 stations will be elevated for 8.9 km ...