Skytrain fares up from June 1
Fares will be raised on the BTS skytrain's core 23.5-kilometre routes with effect on June 1, Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) announced on Monday.
Current fares range between 15 and 40 baht on the original routes from Mor Chit to On Nut and from the National Stadium to Saphan Taksin. The new fares will be between 15 and 42 baht, the first price hike in eight years.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra last week confirmed that BTSC, the skytrain operator, had the right to increase fares on the BTS electric railway under the company's concession valid for the next 17 years.
The price of the 30-Day Adult SmartPass will be raised two baht per trip. The new fares will be as follows.
50 trips (22 baht per trip)
40 trips (23 baht per trip)
25 trips (25 baht per trip)
15 trips (27 baht per trip)
The price of a 30-Day Student SmartPass will be raised one baht per trip. The new fares will be as follows.
50 trips (16 baht per trip)
40 trips (17 baht per trip)
25 trips (19 baht per trip)
15 trips (21 baht per trip)
Passengers wait to board the skytrain at Pho Nimit station in Thon Buri. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
Fares will be raised on the BTS skytrain's core 23.5-kilometre routes with effect on June 1, Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) announced on Monday.
Current fares range between 15 and 40 baht on the original routes from Mor Chit to On Nut and from the National Stadium to Saphan Taksin. The new fares will be between 15 and 42 baht, the first price hike in eight years.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra last week confirmed that BTSC, the skytrain operator, had the right to increase fares on the BTS electric railway under the company's concession valid for the next 17 years.
The price of the 30-Day Adult SmartPass will be raised two baht per trip. The new fares will be as follows.
50 trips (22 baht per trip)
40 trips (23 baht per trip)
25 trips (25 baht per trip)
15 trips (27 baht per trip)
The price of a 30-Day Student SmartPass will be raised one baht per trip. The new fares will be as follows.
50 trips (16 baht per trip)
40 trips (17 baht per trip)
25 trips (19 baht per trip)
15 trips (21 baht per trip)
Passengers wait to board the skytrain at Pho Nimit station in Thon Buri. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
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