Nearly eighty,000 passengers took advantage of the Yellow Line’s trial run over the weekend, because the Department of Rail Transport (DRT) plans to increase the trial to all 23 stations by mid-month. Pichet Kunadhamraks, the DRT’s director-general, acknowledged that the present trial run contains 13 stations from Hua Mak to Samrong.
Pichet famous that a lot of folks participated within the trial run, with 38,521 passengers on Saturday and 36,879 passengers on Sunday. The Yellow Line trains operate each 10 minutes from 9am to 8pm day by day, offering free rides to passengers who acquire tickets at every station’s sales space.
According to Pichet, the trial run proceeded smoothly with no reported points.
“After one week of the trial run, we are going to think about opening all 23 stations from Lat Phrao in Bangkok to Samrong in Samut Prakan.”
The 30.4-kilometre Yellow Line connects with the Green Line at Samrong Station, the Airport Rail Link at Hua Mak Station, and the Blue Line at Lat Phrao Station. In the close to future, the Yellow Line may even hyperlink to the Orange Line via Yaek Lam Sali station, reported Bangkok Post.
Bootleg expects the number of passengers to extend on weekdays due to the Yellow Line’s interchanges with different city trains, corresponding to MRT, BTS, and Airport Rail Link. The Yellow Line is anticipated to alleviate congestion on Srinakarin Road and Lat Phrao Road, as extra commuters opt to make use of the monorail service instead of their automobiles.
Commercial operations for the Yellow Line are set to begin subsequent month, with fares starting from 15 to forty five baht..