Monorail lines near completion, booked for tests

Media and officials observe a Pink Line electric train at the depot in Min Buri on Tuesday. Test runs for the Pink and Yellow Lines will get underway in September before they enter commercial operation in December, charging a fare of 14 to 42 baht per trip. Nutthawat Wicheanbut

Test runs for the Yellow Line monorail train in the Lat Phrao–Samrong section and the Pink Line monorail in the Min Buri-Khae Rai section will start in September.

Sorapong Paitoonphong, deputy permanent secretary of the Transport Ministry and acting director-general of the Department of Rail Transport, said the trial runs will be free of charge to the public for three months before commercial operations begin in December.