The transportation ministry’s ambiguities regarding payment plans for operators are also elusive.
PUBLISHED: 28 Jun 2024 at 16: 15
By September of next year, a plan to cover the charges on all of Greater Bangkok’s mass transit outlines at 20 ringgit is expected to be finished, with the Green, Gold, and Airport Rail Website lines being the last ones on the list.
Suriya Jungrungreangkit, the minister of transportation, announced on Friday that the novel fare schedule would handle all pathways by that time.
Just two weeks after the secretary announced the government would implement the 20-baht cover on all of the Greater Bangkok road networks by March 2026, his new prediction was unveiled. Following a conference with the Common Ticketing System Policy Committee on June 13, he made a speech.
Mr. Suriya wants to make the mass transit lines more accessible to everyone and increase ridership with the cheap ticket scheme.
Greater Bangkok has eight traces in activity. The chancellor, who did not specify whether the amount would be one-time or annual payments, said that the important reimbursement for lost income from the suffer cover on all eight would be around 8 billion ringgit.
He added that new lines that will be in operation after this policy must state in the agreement that they will only accumulate up to 20 baht for each fare.
The Purple and Red outlines were the first to introduce the 20-baht solution rate cap in September of last year, when the Transport Ministry kicked off the cap. The number of users on the two ranges combined increased by 18 % to 20.86 million, according to statistics from mid-October to the end of May.
By September 2025, the next three companies, the Green, Gold, and Airport Rail Link, are anticipated to be added around June of next year.
The secretary stated that the government would submit the draft bill to the case for consideration so that it could become law and go into effect next year.
The State Railway of Thailand, Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc, Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc ( Bem ), and three other companies run the mass transit lines. Each has a unique program for collecting money. Charges began at 16 or 17 rmb, depending on the route.
Mr. Suriya expressed hope that the ministry would use the energy conservation and promotion fund and the annual ticket sales from the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand ( MRTA ) to pay the operators ‘ losses.
The Greater Bangkok large transport lines are owned by the MRTA and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
The secretary stated that Bem is still permitted to raise fares up until the 20-baht cover fare is in place. After government approval this month, the new Blue Line fare schedule will begin on July 3. It does start with a price increase of 17 to 45 baht.