Bangkok elevated Airport Rail Link to de-link from SRT

BANGKOK, Sept 12 — The State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO) on Wednesday approved a plan to separate the Airport Rail Link from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), setting it up as a new state enterprise to better operate the Airport Link system, according to Deputy Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt.

Mr Chadchart said that the SEPO meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong has agreed to change the status of the SRT Electrified Train company, an SRT subsidiary which has been operated Airport Rail Link to a new state enterprise under Transport Ministry.

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