The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) is urging the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) to partially launch the main routes of the Pink Line monorail in a bid to ease traffic congestion.
The 34.5-kilometre MRT Pink Line will branch out to link Khae Rai in Nonthaburi with Min Buri district in east Bangkok via Ram Inthra Road. An extension is also under construction from Khae Rai Station to Muang Thong Thani.
Atiphu Jittanukrao, deputy director-general of the DRT, yesterday followed up on the progress of the Pink Line project to expedite its commercial launch.
The main…