A gift for electronic lines is 20-baht trips.
PUBLISHED: 11 Apr 2025 at 05: 34
According to Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, the 20-baht straight suffer for all electronic train lines will start going into effect on September 30. Thai passengers will need to apply for the program through the Tang Rat software.
Regardless of how many lines are used, the plan will help Thai people to journey across all coach lines with a maximum survive of 20 baht per vacation.
The Tang Rat software will act as a clearing house that may guarantee good wages for all ranges, according to Mr. Suriya, who is also a deputy prime minister. During registration, which will begin in August, passengers will be required to link their existing EMV ( Europay, Master Card, or Visa ) contactless cards or transit cards, such as Rabbit or MRT Plus.
The software will observe travel routes to determine the suffer, ensuring that no more than 20 baht are charged to passengers while allowing the government to pay for any differences in fare.
Despite the integrated suffer, there are still limitations to using one card across all lines because each operator now has its own card processing. For instance, the Red, Blue, Purple, Pink, and Yellow Lines are the only lines that the BTS Skytrain accepts while EMV accounts are only accepted by six lines on the BTS.
A joint ticketing fund will be established by the government to make the system financially viable. It will receive an estimated 8 billion baht in annual subsidies from the 16 billion baht accumulated profit of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand ( MRTA ). The national resources will fund more funding.
The MRTA will need to make constitutional changes to use its reserves for this bank, with finalization anticipated in September.
In order to comply with the 20-baht straight suffer policy, the agency may also work with the private providers of the Blue, Yellow, and Pink Lines to modify their existing agreement contracts.
Within two years, the government hopes to buy up agreements from private energy train lines.
By the end of the year, the system is anticipated to support QR code payments made using mobile devices, giving users more pleasure.
The Thai citizens, excluding foreign visitors and happiness cardholders, who will still be required to pay normal fares, will only be able to use the flat fare scheme.