Transportation Minister says a fund to compensate travel operators will soon be proposed to the case.
PUBLISHED: 18 Apr 2024 at 17 :04
Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit claims he is pushing for a 20-baht straight suffer to be used to implement a typical ticket system by September 2025 for all electronic train lines.
He made the comment on Thursday in response to a rumored government change, which Move Forward Party MP Surachet Pravinvongvuth gave on Wednesday.
He claimed that Mr. Suriya should be fired because he had hardly accomplished anything while serving in the article, not even the 20-baht flat fare.
Now, the 20-baht suffer is in place only on the Red and Purple lines.
By Sept. 25, 2025, Mr. Suriya reaffirmed his commitment to charging commuters a maximum of 20 ringgit per trip for all size rapid transport services.
“ I will show you [Mr Surachet ] that I can make it happen, ” the minister said.
The government is currently developing a review of a management law for a popular ticketing system. In order to provide for the sake of the public, successive governments have pressed travel operators to follow a common system for the past 15 years, but to no avail.
He claimed that the proposed law would cover energy train tickets at 20 baht and allow passengers to use any form of public transportation with one solution.
Tickets on the two most widely used mass-transit devices vary by range, ranging from 17 to 43 ringgit on the MRT roads and 15 to 62 ringgit on the BTS.
The government will establish a fund to cover the costs associated with banning charges at 20 baht. The overall cost of the incentives is unknown at this time. According to Mr. Suriya, the program will soon be submitted to the case for approval.
“I’m delighted to hear criticism from all people and from the opposition, but I cannot accept Mr Surachet’s insult, ” he said.
The maximum one passenger will need to pay [through various connections ] is up to 192 baht, which is too much, and this is a burden for people. If the ministry ca n’t introduce the 20-baht flat rate on every electric train system, this is unacceptable. ”
He added that the flat-rate survive will also encourage more people to travel on carriages, which will help to reduce air pollution.