FarangryBirds

Gamers have oft scoffed at Pro Evolution Soccers lack of officially licensed clubs, well today Konami have signed up the Toyota Thai League to appear in at least the next two iterations of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLZJ_-7eVeE

This has been going on longer than the last week, the road has already been slimmed down a few lanes for a good few months in preparation. I don't see how they will get near the 2021 completion date, they haven't even moved the sewage pipes underground yet which will have to make way for pillars on some sections of the road where it crosses over Klongs.

Lat Phrao needed this work starting like a bullet in the head because traffic had already been getting heavier the last year or so due to the knock-on effects of removal of the Ratchayothin Flyover (for the BTS Green Line extension) and now the BTS works near the Lat Phrao Intersection (also for the Green Line extension).

The extension past Samrong (E15) to E23 is still scheduled for December 4th this year, in reality probably early/mid 2019.
 
The north extension is still on target for late 2020 but that may change.
 

By the way, the new buses have been put in service and BMTA planning to purchase more new hybrid buses.
A light is on the horizon...

Has the Green line extension been pushed back another couple of years? Signs all around Samut Prakan advertising the line have a hastily added 2563 sticker over the top of them.

[mention=103446]Lakegeneve[/mention] & [mention=14979]Crossy[/mention] I've seen the start of the work on SriNakarin for the Yellow (Monorail), on the maps it shows the southern termination @ SamRong, will it route down SriNakarin and then down Thaparak? Or some other route?
 
Regards
Andrew

You were (un)lucky, BEM only modified one train "to gauge public opinion" before MRTA put the brakes on it.

Construction has begun on the yellow line along LadPrao Road.

Have already feeling the traffic squeeze there due to works on the Green line (Removal of the Ratcha Yothin flyover and the Ladprao intersection) but now large parts of the main Ladprao road to Bang Kapi is down  to two lanes while they commandeer the central section.

Talking of the Blue Line - they have implemented something to help with overcrowding...... They're removed seating from the middle section of each carriage and added more overhead rails and straps to hold onto.

I wondered if it was just in my carriage but as I got off the train at Sukhumvit I noticed the other 2 carriages were also standing only in the middle section.

I don't know if this is just going to be during the peak hours but it must be new thing as it wasn't like this when I used it over the weekend.

I hope the Green extension from Bearing-Kheha is finished real soon.

As the current end of line station, Samrong is barely fit for purpose.

-Only ticket booths and gates at one end of the platform...the end closest to BigC Imperial towards Bearing, not the end facing Samut Prakan. This means exiting the station towards SP currently involves doubling back on yourself and passing through a slim gap next to the ticket barriers to reach the exits at the other end.
- There are other entrances built into nearby shop buildings, same as Asok but to date still remain cordened off and unopened.
- no escalators upto the station at all, the exits merge into the aging footbridges that already existed there before the BTS line was built.
- The station has one platform with the escalators feeding into the middle, only one line active currently, platform becomes crowded quite easily.

It all smells of a rush job to have it ready for April.

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Yep just been in my nearest 7. Everything still looked the same, including smokes.

Someone please just stick their head in 7 or Family Mart so we know for sure instead of wild speculation...usual predictions that the skys falling in...f this I'm off to (insert other asean country here)

I hope Jenson can nick a point on Sunday, he ended on a bum note last season so it would be fitting for him to go out on a high at Monaco where he's won before.

A lot of people getting on at Bearing are currently shuttling in on Songtaews and the like from Samrong and beyond, shouldn't make too much difference adding one extra station.

They will definitely need more rolling stock out there once they are going all the way to Samut Prakan and back.

On 3/16/2017 at 0:08 AM, bkkcanuck8 said:

The part that says 2018, I have been told that it should be able to be used in November 2017 (test runs) which would line up with full service early 2018.  (I am located a short walk to E21 - Phraek Sa)

A lot of the stations after Samrong still look they need a lot of work to be completed, that said I have been impressed with how quickly the whole project has taken shape in the last few years.

It is going live on 3rd April.

If you have a Thai Bank account you can either topup AIS from an ATM or using the online banking/Mobile App.

3 hours ago, dunroaming said:

Ticks one of the boxes when it comes to murders in Thailand.  Usually about money, sex or adultery (jealousy) and losing face.

Tick the box for drugs (Meth) as well.

They found a shit load of drugs there as well according to the Phuket Gazette site.

Apparently this form now needs to be done on each report. I filled in as little as I could, attached photo and it was stapled to my TM47 with no further questions and I was off again.

I'm doing a 90 report at Samut Prakan today and just been presented with one of these.

Now I have a the DLT app, I try and make a note of the plate number as soon as I open the passenger door to make the destination request and await their response. Last Sunday it took me three attempts to get one of the buggers to take me, but usually by the time I'm sat in the eventual taxi and we're moving (with meter), I've calmed down and I can't be bothered to report them.

Chinese GP was interesting to watch! Lot's of happening from the first corners onwards. Rosberg managed to get away from the traffic, but otherwise everything was open.

This GP had most overtakings on F1 history. Total of 128. Previous record was from Brazil 2012, which was a wet race.

I hope the podium interviews will be like this one was. It's much more interesting to hear the drivers talking to each others, compared to the normal 'Thank you team, this is the best place to race.. etc' boring repetition, which has become the norm.

The backstage chat with Seb & Kvyat was interesting, I don't think DK really did anything wrong at the first corner (and more importantly neither did the stewards!) However, Seb had a right old moan at him before they got up on the podium.

Does anyone have any update on the DMK/city train link?

The SRT red line is definitely making good progress now, some of the framework for stations is now going up. Looks like a lot of the derelict pillars from the previous attempt have been removed. Also, the BTS extension from Mo Chit towards Rangsit now under construction will stop behind Don Mueang, not sure if there will be any kind of walkway connection into the airport?

That makes no sense, by Sunday morning of the Australian race the teams had come out and said they would revert back to the old system for Bahrain.