Korat trams to start running in 2025

By The Nation

 

 

Nakhon Ratchasima should have electric trams by 2025, said Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) deputy governor Theeraphan Tachasirinugune today, during the second market sounding for the city’s Green Line route.

 

The study of the system, which features 21 stations, should be ready to be presented to the MRTA board this year before being proposed to Cabinet. Bidding for private companies to jointly invest in the project is expected by the middle of next year.

 

Construction is scheduled to begin in 2022 before the system launches operations in 2025. Successful bidders will be offered a 30-year concession for operation.

 

The project will cost Bt7.11 billion, of which Bt2.2 billion is for the civil works, Bt2.2 billion for the tram system, Bt995 million for procurement of 10 trams, and B176 million for hiring a consultant. Yield is estimated at 13.11 per cent with a break-even point in the 11th year.

 

The winning bidder will gain revenue from ticket fare collection and commercial activities such as leasing advertising space in stations.

 

Fares will be set at Bt11 to Bt21.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30393799

 

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I also heard that a sky train will be built in Surin....how about that!

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

I also heard that a sky train will be built in Surin....how about that!

You mean to by-pass it to go somewhere interesting?

I'm betting on either (a) never built at all, or (b) built, but for twice the projected budget and completed at least two years late. I hope to be proven wrong.

They will need to run them empty for the first two months with the driver in a padded compartment to allow Thai drivers to learn that trams run on fixed lines and that the 'me first driving technique doesn't  work. The cost is high because 50 percent extra tramcars are included as spares to allow for impact repairs caused by 'tally ho!', micro sleep and brake/brain failure and naughty, naughty wet roads