20-baht fare on Red, Purple Line sections to start in 3 months

Suriya was answering Move Forward MP Surachet Pravinvongvuth, who voiced concern about the measure’s feasibility during the parliament meeting on Monday, when the cabinet announced its key policies to the Parliament.

Surachet pointed out that the measure, which was promised by the Pheu Thai Party during the general election, was not included in the cabinet’s policy statement and there was no clear deadline as to when it would be implemented.

Last week Suriya implied when speaking to the press that the project could be pushed back two years, explaining that the ministry must first focus on investment promotion and reducing logistics costs.

On Monday, however, Suriya said the ministry would start collecting information on the concession contracts of all operators on all routes, and would establish a committee to handle the negotiations with each of the operators.

This process…