MRTA pushes city, Phuket transit plans

Total investment put at massive B220bn

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will urge the Transport Ministry to push ahead with three mass-transit projects in Bangkok and Phuket based on a total investment of about 220 billion baht.

MRTA governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas said on Tuesday the projects relate to the Orange and Brown lines in Bangkok and a mass-transit project in Phuket.

The Orange Line links the Bang Khun Non area in Bangkok Noi district on the west side of the Chao Phraya River to the Min Buri district of the East of Bangkok.

At present, the eastern side, which spans 22.57 kilometres from the Thailand Cultural Centre station to…