BKK-Bangkok Airport Rail Link Discussion [PRE-2014 ARCHIVE]
Sep 5, 2013, 6:44 pm
#661
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Have not read through the whole thread so apologies if already mentioned.I don't understand why the Express line doesn't service makkasan as well.They could run a Express train every 20 minutes from Suvarnabhumi stop at makkasan then onto Phaya Thai the same for the trip back to Suvarnabhumi.Would improve waiting times and be more cost effective for the airport link as the express line to makkasan has very few passengers.
I became impatient waiting for the Express at Makkasan, since it's only once every hour, but after having ridden the dang thing a slew of times, it's rarely crowded. No wonder its frequency was reduced.
However, was the fare slashed (again, for the third time?) too? 90฿ one way? That's good...for the consumer.
Sep 5, 2013, 9:00 pm
#662
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Have not read through the whole thread so apologies if already mentioned.I don't understand why the Express line doesn't service makkasan as well.They could run a Express train every 20 minutes from Suvarnabhumi stop at makkasan then onto Phaya Thai the same for the trip back to Suvarnabhumi.Would improve waiting times and be more cost effective for the airport link as the express line to makkasan has very few passengers.
There was a plan that once the pedestrian link was completed at Makkasan that the Express train would service just Makkasan, with increased frequency, until such time as the track reconfiguration could take place. Then a single express train could service both MAkkasan and Phaya Thai.
I haven't kept up to speed on any plans/progress.
The walk from the Petchburi MRT stop (exit #1, no signage) up to the CAT at Makkasan rises quite a bit - I've noticed a few folks slowly pulling their bags uphill. They are pretty hot and sweaty just as they enter the oven which is the CAT!
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Sep 6, 2013, 11:34 am
#663
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Did you just say that the Express line does and doesn't serve Makkasan?
I became impatient waiting for the Express at Makkasan, since it's only once every hour, but after having ridden the dang thing a slew of times, it's rarely crowded. No wonder its frequency was reduced.
However, was the fare slashed (again, for the third time?) too? 90฿ one way? That's good...for the consumer.
I became impatient waiting for the Express at Makkasan, since it's only once every hour, but after having ridden the dang thing a slew of times, it's rarely crowded. No wonder its frequency was reduced.
However, was the fare slashed (again, for the third time?) too? 90฿ one way? That's good...for the consumer.
Sep 6, 2013, 11:36 am
#664
Join Date: Aug 2013
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This is currently not possible - the Express train was planned to terminate at Makkasan so the center tracks stop just to the west, and the Phaya Tha Express uses the local bypass (outermost or City) tracks, but once the tracks are re-configured west of Makkasan, a single Express train could service both Makkasan and Phaya Thai at 30 minute headways, maybe even 20 or 15 minutes?
There was a plan that once the pedestrian link was completed at Makkasan that the Express train would service just Makkasan, with increased frequency, until such time as the track reconfiguration could take place. Then a single express train could service both MAkkasan and Phaya Thai.
I haven't kept up to speed on any plans/progress.
The walk from the Petchburi MRT stop (exit #1, no signage) up to the CAT at Makkasan rises quite a bit - I've noticed a few folks slowly pulling their bags uphill. They are pretty hot and sweaty just as they enter the oven which is the CAT!
There was a plan that once the pedestrian link was completed at Makkasan that the Express train would service just Makkasan, with increased frequency, until such time as the track reconfiguration could take place. Then a single express train could service both MAkkasan and Phaya Thai.
I haven't kept up to speed on any plans/progress.
The walk from the Petchburi MRT stop (exit #1, no signage) up to the CAT at Makkasan rises quite a bit - I've noticed a few folks slowly pulling their bags uphill. They are pretty hot and sweaty just as they enter the oven which is the CAT!
Nov 16, 2013, 2:48 am
#665
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Useful App for ARL especially if you want to get the Express,time table and the departure times of next train counted down.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...om.pprajak.arl
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...om.pprajak.arl
Nov 16, 2013, 11:30 pm
#666
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I've been using that (Android) app. for a month or so and have found it to be quite reliable and accurate within 1 or 2 minutes. Makes it easy to figure out if an Express is in the cards, assuming I'm going all the way - I sometimes board/alight at Hua Mark so have to take the City Line.