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City may axe Green Line free rides

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is planning to collect fares along two Sukhumvit Line extensions to solve debt and concession issues surrounding the Green Line.

Bangkok Post · Jun 2, 2022

Governor vows to fix Green Line mess

Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt on Thursday vowed to find a solution to problems surrounding the long-lasting dispute over the city's Green Line electric rail system.

Bangkok Post · May 26, 2022

Chadchart given Green Line chalice

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has made it clear that he wants to see Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt settle the long-standing dispute over the extension of the Green Line electric concession.

Bangkok Post · May 24, 2022

Panel urges Green Line concession extension be dropped

The House committee on transport on Saturday held a seminar addressing the proposed Green Line railway extension, during which a consensus emerged that the cabinet should not approve the plan's 30-year concession.

Bangkok Post · Feb 19, 2022

ACT calls to defer Green Line ruling

The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has suggested the cabinet halt any debate on a plan to extend the 30-year concession of the Green Line railway for Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) and wait for the city's next-elected governor to make a decision.

Bangkok Post · Feb 16, 2022

Political standoff over Green Line

All eyes are on the Bhumjaithai Party's next move against a 30-year extension of the Green Line railway concession with the maximum fare set at 65 baht.

Bangkok Post · Feb 15, 2022

City hopefuls want lower rail-fare cap

Four major candidates in the upcoming Bangkok gubernatorial election have opposed the extension of the Green Line railway concession, while insisting that fares could be capped at lower than 65 baht.

Bangkok Post · Feb 15, 2022

Anutin remains coy ahead of final Green Line vote

Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the coalition's Bhumjaithai Party, has pledged the party's continued support for the Prayut administration.

Bangkok Post · Feb 14, 2022

Bhumjaithai to boycott vote on the Green Line

All seven cabinet ministers of the Bhumjaithai Party won't cast votes on a controversial proposal by the Interior Ministry and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to extend the Green Line concession, the party's leader said on Thursday, reaffirming its protest against the plan.

Bangkok Post · Feb 10, 2022

Govt 'at odds' over Green Line

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday insisted that the proposed extension of the Green Line railway concession must be finalised at the next cabinet meeting.

Bangkok Post · Feb 8, 2022