The Latest Breaking News from BTSC

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt wants to use the Information Act to publicise contracts pertaining to the construction of Bangkok's Green Line electric train network.

The board of Krungthep Thanakhom (KT), the business arm of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), is considering two options involving government intervention to help solve issues surrounding two Green Line extensions.

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is planning to collect fares along two Sukhumvit Line extensions to solve debt and concession issues surrounding the Green Line.

Operation and maintenance costs owed to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), as the operator of the BTS skytrain, by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) are nearing 38 billion baht and may trigger further lawsuits, BTSC CEO Surapong Laoha-Unya said on Friday.

The opening of Bangkok's two new electric rail routes, the Yellow and Pink lines planned for the middle of this year, is likely to be postponed to no later than next year due to construction material delays, according to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC).

The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has suggested the cabinet halt any debate on a plan to extend the 30-year concession of the Green Line railway for Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) and wait for the city's next-elected governor to make a decision.

All eyes are on the Bhumjaithai Party's next move against a 30-year extension of the Green Line railway concession with the maximum fare set at 65 baht.

The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit in which the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) sued the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) as well as the bidding committee for damages over the Orange Line's western extension.