Thai Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) awarded BSR consortium formed by BTS Group, Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding the contract for the construction of Pink Line Monorail in Bangkok.
The project management and construction supervision of the line will be led by the TEAM Group / Egis consortium for a three-year period. Egis will be specifically responsible for design review, manufacturing supervision, installation and testing of all the systems (including the Monorail supplied by Bombardier, together with track switches) up until the commencement of revenue service.
Estimated to cost THB 53.5 billion (EUR 1.3 billion), the Pink Line Monorail is the first PPP project in Thailand to encompass the construction of infrastructure, the supply and installation of equipment (systems and rolling stock) and the operation and maintenance of the line.
The Pink Line has been planned as part of the “Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan”, an extensive programme to develop the public transport network in the Bangkok metropolitan region. Stretching 34.5 km, the future line will run between the north-western province of Nonthaburi and Thailand’s capital city Bangkok. Its 42 trains will reach a maximum commercial speed of 80 km/h and carry more than 28,000 passengers per hour per direction.
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