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BMA seeks opinion on airport link

City Hall considers a light rail link between Bang Na intersection and Suvarnabhumi airport. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

City Hall is planning to hire a consultant to carry out a feasibility study for a light rail link between Bang Na intersection and Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Prapas Luangsirinapa, director of the BMA’s Traffic and Transport office, said the bidding envelope will be sold to consulting firms later in the month.

The chosen firm will get a 21.8 million baht contract to study the feasibility of light rail services between Bang Na intersection and Bangkok’s main international gateway, for which it will have 200 days to complete.

The goal of the study is to gauge the possibility of using a public-private partnership (PPP) format to develop the 14.4-kilometre-long electric rail…

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