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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by dsquared37
That's awful. And 670m THB for a walkway? With that money they should be able to renovate the station and add a second track through it.

Edit: The equivalent of $20m USD isn't sufficient funds for a remake of the station. But the bottleneck was evident from the get go and a closure is a major hassle for any BTS/ferry transfer.
Exactly. That transfer to the river express has always been a crucial linkage during nearly every one of my visits to

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