Bangkok says more BTS lifts coming, maybe by next year

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Michael Coghlan / Flickr

 

BANGKOK — City Hall said Monday it expects to find a contractor by the end of next month to build 19 additional, court-ordered elevators for the BTS Skytrain.

 

Eight months after funds were committed to the work, the city transport director said the elevators would be built at 16 stations to make the rail system accessible to disabled commuters. Panurak Klannurak said plan excludes five downtown stations where elevators can’t be built due to “infrastructure limitations.”

 

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Maybe next year = 10 years.

“There are infrastructure limitations. It’s impossible to build [elevators there],” he said. “We’re considering further strategies moving forward.”

 

So why didn't they address it during construction? They just didn't have any interest in the disabled.

13 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

“There are infrastructure limitations. It’s impossible to build [elevators there],” he said. “We’re considering further strategies moving forward.”

 

So why didn't they address it during construction? They just didn't have any interest in the disabled.

2 buffalo, one is a spare, a rope, a wooden pallet and a pulley job done

Thai built elevator, easy  ????

They won’t be maintained, an will just be a broken waste-reality 

'City Hall said Monday it expects to find a contractor '

Why don't they do it themselves?  Didn't they say they would do this when they were awarded the rights to run the service?  Many years ago. Not enough money yet?

Good luck getting a wheelchair into one of the overstuffed carriages.  More regular trains with 4 carriages would help. Not enough profits yet?

Pet peeve: Several of the lifts they already have from the train platform to mid level are kept locked. (On Nut for one) One has to go find a security guard who may, or may not deem you worthy of it's use. I have arthritis in my knees and descending stairs is painful but if one does not have a cane or some other visible confirmation of disability, they just point to the stairs.