hornydude Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 anyone knows when the underground trains in ratchada road gonna open ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Nobody knows! even not the thai government, the governour of bangkok, the authorities, the company that runs the subway! nobody knows! it should have been late this year, but then it was postponed to late 2004...maybe at the king's or queen's birthday...2005??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornydude Posted April 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 shit, i always live in the sukhumvit area and i hate the traffic to and from the ratchada area !!! But damn, that area has the most massage parlors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash999 Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Was supposed to be this year actually! It was delayed until August of next year and looks like that is tentative as Siemens won't be delivering the trains until that time so there willl be a few months of testing. My best guess would be December next year for HRM the King's birthday. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneSoup Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 I don't know how reliable the information is, but here is an interesting site that still pegs the opening at August 12, 2004: http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Subway/index.shtml What I understand is that this date may be achievable for a token opening - i.e. one train running between a limited set of stations. I understand that full operation may not be in place until early 2005. "Let the good times roll!" Stone Soup The Fighting Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Can't wait! I hate the traffic on ratchada too. From Suk. I go freeway to suthisan cut through some of the intamara an make my way to the car park at the back of the Emerald hotel. I never drive on Rachada if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsab Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 As far as I know, the underground is completely finished, but they "FORGOT" to order the cars. Now they had to beg Siemens to deliever quicker. Normal delievery time is about 14 months, as far as I remember, and Siemens promised to deliever within 6 months....for a surcharge of round about 200 Mill. Baht. :: Then the drivers have to be trained, and the line has to be "Testdriven". I think the cars are due to be delievered in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 There is still a lot of traffic on Ratchada but since the underpass intersections started operation the flow is much better. Even the Latphao Road interchange is now smooth outside of rush hours. Of course it will never be the same as it was about 22 years ago when there was nothing there but a new highway through the rice fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 but they "FORGOT" to order the cars I heard there was a financial aspect to that lapse of memory. I also heard they will start in August of next year (presumably on 12 August, which is H.M. the Queen's Birthday), but with fewer trains than originally planned. TIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 I READ in the post that Maksaan may become a huge transport hub for the new airport which incorporates a train terminal, hotels and mega mall. With Thai logic I bet the underground will not conect with this new transport terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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