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BMTA, SRT issue monthly pass

Pichet Kunadhamraks, director-general of the Department of Rail Transport, right, rides a Bangkok bus before attending the launch of the Transit Pass Red Line BKK X BMTA. Varuth Hirunyatheb

The State Railway of Thailand has joined hands with the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) and Krung Thai Bank to roll out a monthly pass giving commuters unlimited rides on the city’s public bus network and 50 rides on Bangkok’s Red Line electric commuter rail services.

Suthep Punthupeng, CEO of SRT Electrified Train Co, said the “Transit Pass Red Line BKK x BMTA” will help reduce commuters’ travel costs, adding he hoped it will also attract more people to use both the Red Line and the city’s public buses.

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