Governor, BMA officials check on progress of BTS Gold Line
Bangkok governor Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang, accompanied by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officials, visited the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) Gold Line’s Krung Thonburi station on Thursday to check its progress.
The line’s construction began in 2018, and 96 per cent has been completed.
The Gold Line was initially scheduled to go into operation this month, but that has been postponed to December due to a delay in the delivery of bogies and improvement of its entrances.
The construction of the 2.75-kilometre Gold Line, which has four stations, is divided into two phases. The first phase covering 1.8km comprises three stations – Krung Thonburi, Charoen Nakhon and Klong San.
The line will be operated using an automated guideway transit system and will feature three unmanned Bombardier Innovia APM 300 trains that can reach a maximum speed of 80km per hour.
Each train comprises two passenger bogies that can contain 276 passengers. Approximately 42,000 commuters per day are expected to use the Gold Line when it opens.
