The Transport Ministry has urged City Hall to halt raising the BTS skytrain maximum fare ceiling, following heavy criticism.
“The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) should halt its policy on new BTS maximum fare and wait for other authorities to find proper solutions,” Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said yesterday.
He said the BMA should not go alone in making this decision. The cabinet in November 2018 appointed the BMA and the Transport Ministry to set the ceiling fare for the skytrain.
The BMA and Interior Ministry had been responsible for granting concessions for the operation of the skytrain. Yet the Transport Ministry is one of members of the committee reviewing the concession extension and investments on mass transit in the country.
The BMA previously extended the concession to the existing operator, the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BMTS) in…
