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.
They don't need to add the second track because the second track is existed under the current platform of Saphan Taksin station.
The original plan for BTS line is not have the Saphan Taksin satation. It is only temporary station.