Bts Extension Thonburi Side

[Inthai]

BTS's 2.2-km extension to Thonburi to be in operation in April

Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin said Friday that the 2.2-kilometre extension of the BTS skytrain will be complete and in operation in April next year.

He said the test run of the extended section will be carried out in March.

He said the extension from Soi Onnuj to Soi Sukhumvit 105 would be complete and the system would be in service in the middle of 2010.

The Nation

[Buzby]

2.2km????

The Thonburi Extension is LOT longer than 2.2km.

Maybe he means only the next station after Saphan Taksin will be ready

[bonobo]

2.2km????

The Thonburi Extension is LOT longer than 2.2km.

Maybe he means only the next station after Saphan Taksin will be ready

The extension is about 6 km long, but only two stations have been completed, and yes, the second station is about 2 km from the river.

THere has been no work on the other planned stations, nor on the line itself.

[Nowhereman60]

This extension was to be completed last June. With testing done last January. Amazing Thailand

[rick75]

With the huge traffic problems on the Taksin bridge you would think they would be keen as mustard to make this happen, the next couple of stations seem to be ready to go and have been for a while. You only have to look how busy the ferry is to realise the BTS will hit the ground running with customers.

[on-on]

This extension was to be completed last June. With testing done last January. Amazing Thailand

Yeah, then last I read it was testing was to commence in August (two months ago) with the line set to open in March. Someone said aside from the usual political bickering it had something to do with the control systems (switching technology?) that the Thonburi side had opted for needing to be reconciled with the Bangkok side. Still, that doesn't sound like the kind of thing that takes a crack group of professional engineers an extra year or two, heh. As always, the most entertaining thing remains the number of people who bought "riverfront" condos to rent marketing them as "Near BTS!" and then when you read further down their listing you see "set to open early 2009." Poor bastards, left sitting on those condos for-eh-ver now.