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A Cabinet meeting on Tuesday has approved a motion to increase the fare of MRT train in Chaloem Ratchamongkhon route, also known as Blue Line, to starting at 17 baht and capped at 43 baht from July 3 onward, a news source revealed.

Some parts of the Huai Khwang MRT station parking lot will be closed from June 15 to July 17, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) said on Friday.

The land price around the SRT Light Red Line (Taling Chan-Sala Ya) project grew the most compared to other areas, the Real Estate Information Centre (REIC) reported.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has told its contractors to prepare to start foundation work on the southern MRT Purple Line in August, according to a well-informed source.

People aged over 60 can ride the MRT for free this Songkran (April 13 to 15), which kicks off with National Elderly Day on April 13.

From today, people registered under phase four of "Khon La Khrueng" (Let's Go Halves) can use the co-payment scheme to buy travel tokens for both lines of Bangkok’s MRT.

The MRTA is preparing to launch a trial credit card service so that commuters can tap in and out of MRT Blue-Purple Line stations.

Children aged not over 14 years and under 140 cm. height can ride BTS and MRT trains for free on January 8, which is National Children’s Day.

The number of daily commuters using the rail system, including MRT, BTS and the Airport Rail Link, has risen to 600,000 per day since Thailand reopened on November 1.

The Krungthai Bank’s business analysis arm, COMPASS, believes the MRT Purple Line’s southern extension will attract up to 80-billion-baht real-estate investment in the Tao Poon-Rat Burana area.

Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction (STEC) will compete against Nawarat Patanakarn (NWR) in bidding for the 78-billion-baht MRT Purple Line.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will relaunch bidding for construction of the MRT Orange Line in October, after the Supreme Administrative Court dismissed an appeal against the earlier bidding process.