Green Line Extension Start On June 1St 2015

[waerth]

Well they are finally going to start building the extension of the green line from Morchit to Khoo Khot. This means that the flyover of Ratchada over Phaholyothin will be demolished and the flyover neer Kasetsart uni will be demolished. Both will be replaced in conjunction with the building of the green line.

 

This means that from June 1st onwards traffic on that part of Ratchada will become a mess,

 

Message on 2bangkok.com forum:

http://2bangkokforum.com/showthread.php?3579-Mo-Chit-Khoo-Khot-Ext-contracted/page11

 

ITD starting the work on Mochit - Saphan Mai section of Mochit - Khoo Khot extension of green line on 1 June 2015 to get done by 9 Feb 2019

ITD has set up 4 construction zones for the first contract - ready to demolish the Ratchayothin Flyover in July 2015 - after telling the commander of traffic police to get approval on construction plan

The officer for administrating Green line extension is near Ploen restaurant on Vibhavadee Rangsit Highway for better coordination

 

The 4 zones according to ITD to speed up the project are

1. Mochit - Ratchayothin Intersection

2. Ratchayothin Intersection - Kaset Intersection

3. Kaset Intersection - Laksi Circle

4. Laksi Circle - Saphan Mai Market

 

Ratchayothin flyover which is zone 2 will be demolished in July 2015 to be done within 3 month and the construction of Ratchayothin tunnel as the replacement will be started after the demolision while working on the construction of green line.

Therefore, Ratchayothin Intersection will need traffic rearrangement - the details will be discussed with Phahonyothin Police station whcih is a few hundred meters away from Ratchayothin Intersection so those police can make an announcement

for traffic changes to avoid this intersection unless absolutly necessary.

[cavanami]

...maybe better they complete the Sukhumvit and Nonthonburi lines first

 

...4 years to complete this green line :rotl: :rotl:

[waerth]

The green line is the Sukhumvit line .......... There are multiple extensions each done one by one. The purple line (Nonthaburi) will open in March next year. The Blue ring extension somewhere 2017 or so. The purple line is supposed to be extended towards the new parliament through democracy monument (Ratchadamnoen) to Chinatown and then on to Thonburi side. But contracts have not been signed yet. Also Orange line contracts are supposed to be signed this year and construction started later. As well as a number of monorail lines. The coming year construction for many many new lines and extensions will start, As well as a step up in red line (train) commuter system.

 

So in the coming few years traffic will become really horrible. But once they finish all of it it will become very convenient to travel around Bangkok by mass transit.

[cavanami]

They started the Sukhumvit line, what, 10 years ago?

 

What I refer to is the unfinished section after Bangna, where te ends at Soi 107 or so.

 

I drove that way one time, not knowing of the construction and then I never returned there.What a mess!!!

 

Yes, for sure, when completed, will be better.

 

Now, what they need is a parking garage/area where one can park and then take the BTS in to Bangkok...like many countries

already have in place...

[waerth]

The Sukhumvit line was opened in 1999. And has been extended multiple times since. 2 extensions are being build currently (Samut Prakan and the new one to Khoo Kot). And 2 more extensions are being planned (further out to Bang Phli and Khoo Khot to Lam Lukka. Also a branch going to Suvarnabhumi over Bang Na road is considered). It is normal in most countries to extend lines from time to time.

 

Part of the currently being build extensions is park and ride facilities at a number of stations same like the subway has at lardprao. The Sukhumvit line actually has park and ride facilities at Morchit.

 

To give a heads up to the Thais they are getting better at it with every new extension and new line. They are integrating more and more things. Like upgrading roads and intersections in the same project, integrating facilities etc.

 

A big problem is politics though. For politic reasons the Green line extension to Samut Prakan might not be run by BTS but someone else. This means there will not be a connection and people have to switch trains at Bearing.

[waerth]

Also apart from checking in at 2bangkok may I also recommend the Skyscrapercity forums Thai section (which is mostly in Thai) for all the latest projects in Thailand. Also all the latest infrastructure.

 

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=326

[waerth]

And this is a good overview of the future network and what is currently under construction and what is finished.

 

 

 

[cavanami]

W.

 

Good updates.

 

Thanks!

[waerth]

Prayuth and his militairy govt is really pushing to get all of these infra projects started ASAP before civilian govs come in. Most of these plans were already made in 1999 but all civilian govs (especially Thaksin!!) kept on postponing them as they wanted to redesign the routes for their cronies benefits. Once construction is started there is not much that can be done anymore.

 

Militairy also pushing nationwide many new railway lines and some new motorways.

 

Also the Bangkok Riverside beautification project is pushed through.

 

It might be considered bad form by many but Prayuth is using article 44 to push these improvements through. Which is one of the good things the govt is doing. As soon as a civilian govt comes back in (whether yellow or red) much of this progress is not possible. And Thailand desperately needed these infra upgrades.

[cavanami]

 

With the sad state of infrastructure in the USA, maybe we can send Prayuth there to get things moving!