On Saturday, commuters were thrilled to take part in the primary Yellow Line rail trial run. Since 9 am, several people had flocked to Samrong depot in Samut Prakan.
Anantatorn Saijeen, 42, traveled to Srinakarin Road with his three-year-old girl to see if he could count on the Yellow Line to avert traffic congestion.
Because of the severe customers gridlock in this area, I haven’t visited in a while. My daughter has never been on a skytrain when, so I brought her now to stand out. She enjoys it a lot, but she gripes that the distance is very little, according to Mr. Anantatorn.
Thailand’s second straddle-beam rail is called the Yellow Line. It links Samrong in Samut Prakan with Lat Phrao in Bangkok. The 30.4-kilometer range has 23 channels, but only 13 channels from Hua Mak to Samrong are accessible during the first two days of the test. The journey takes approximately 30 days.
Engineer Kit Krasaesom, 29, stated that he wanted to experience the first rail services to see what it would be like.
He discovered that the Yellow Line train was a little weak, making it less comfortable to ride than another BTS skytrains. Additionally, he claimed that because each place is so elevated above the ground, people who are afraid of heights may be alarmed.
” This rail did reduce traffic jams on Srinakarin Road.” Lat Phrao Road’s visitors will also be less congested if all 23 facilities are fully operational, he said.
54-year-old Natcha Samma expressed interest in participating in the test run to determine whether it would be practical to use to commute to work. She works in Seacon Square Mall and resides in Soi Lasalle. She claimed she preferred taking the Yellow Line to taking public cars and vans to work after testing the support on Saturday. She claimed that while coach cards are just as inexpensive as bus tickets, taking the train is more practical.
Up until the end of this month, the monorail Yellow Line is available for a free test run. Every day, services hours are from 9am to 8pm. Eastern Bangkok Monorail( EBM ), an affiliate of the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc( BTSC ), is the business that will hold the line’s concession until 2053.
According to BTSC CEO Surapong Laoha-Unya, the monorail can transport up to 568 passengers per carriage at a top speed of 80 km / h.
He stated that the Yellow Line, with charges ranging from 15 to 45 baht, is anticipated to start operating commercially second quarter. Before full service starts, he said, the charges may become adjusted based on the consumer price index for the previous three months.
According to him, the Yellow Line is connected to the Blue Line at Lat Phrao Station and the Airport Rail Link at Hua Mak Station. He added that the Yaek Lam Sali place will soon be used to connect the Yellow Line to the Orange Line.
For more improvements on area trains and station information, passengers may download BTSC’s” The SKYTRAINs” mobile application and get it, he continued.