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Old Dec 28, 2019, 8:10 pm
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Yappofloyd
 
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Originally Posted by Yappofloyd
1) Progress of civil works for lines currently under construction (as of 30 March)
1) MRT Blue Line ext: 100% - S&E installation: 79%
2) BTS Northern ext: 99.42%
3) MRT Orange Line: 32.12%
4) MRT Pink line: 32.12% and
5) MRT Yellow line: 30.40%
6) SRT Dark Red Line: 100%
7) Tinky toy 2.2km Gold Line: approx 35% est

2) MRT Blue Line ext openings - trial runs in July
Phase 1: 12 August 12 - Hualumphong to Tha Pra,
Phase 2: Late Septmeber - Tha Pra to Lak Song
Phase 3: March 2020 - Tao Poon to Tha Pra

Of the 35 new trains that BEM has ordered, 9 have been delivered, 10 more will arrive by Sept and 16 by March 2020.

3) BTS Sukhumvit Line North extension openings

Phase 1: 12 August Mo Chit to Ha Yaek Lat Phrao (1 station)
Phase 2: December 2019 (TBC) Ha Yaek Lat Phrao to Sen Nikom
Phase 3: rest of the line to Ku Kot

Progress of civil works for lines currently under construction (as of 31 October)
1) MRT Blue Line ext: 100%
2) BTS Northern ext: 100% S&E intsllation 67%
3) MRT Orange Line: 49.05%
4) MRT Pink line: 46.13% and
5) MRT Yellow line: 45.88%
6) SRT Dark Red Line: 100% S&E installation 43%
7) Tinky toy 2.2km Gold Line: approx 43% est

It should be noted that there have been some delays with Pink and Yellow line construction as some of the beams for the monorail (which are made to fit for specific sections) were for sections where the pillars have not been built yet and vice versa......lack of coordination to resolve!

1) BTS Sukhumvit line northern extension phase 2 opening (Dark Green on MRT maps and Light Green on BTS maps)
Most of you know by now that the BTS northern ext phase 2 to Kasetsart Uni (N13) opened on 4 December for full operations. The remainder of this extension to Khu Khot is not due to open until the end of 2020.

2) MRT Blue Line extension phase 2 - trail operations for 6 hours a day (10am - 4pm)
The MRT opened the fist 4 stations from Tao Poon to Sirindhorn in early Dec and then the remaining 4 stations to Tha Phra last week for free, trail ops. Only 6 hours a day. This runs along the inner ring rd (Charan Sanitwong rd) on the east side of the river.

This extension is not due to officially open for full operations until 30 March 2020.

I note that google maps now has both extensions on their Bangkok map.


The next 4 openings will be;
1) 30 March 2020: MRT Blue Line extension,
2) Late 2020 :BTS Sukhumvit line north extension phase 3 - N13 to N24 Khu Khot,
3) Late 2020/early 2021: BMA Gold line
4) Early 2021: SRT Dark and Light Red lines - finally opening after 2016 due date (though the light red line was open for 14 months back in 2013!)

Planned Tenders in 2020;
1) April 2020 MRT Purple line,
2) Mid 2020: MRT Orange line western extension,
3) Mid 2020 MRT Blue line western extension,
4) Late 2020 MRT Brown line (being built integrated with the N2 Expressway)

At this stage, (1) & (4) are most definite with (2) & (3) still having the possibility of further delays.
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