Bangkok Subway

The First Metro in Thailand Being one of Bangkok’s mass rapid transit, the M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line (The MRT System) has become the first metro in Thailand because its initial system section of Hua Lamphong to Bang Sue is the first railway system in Thailand that kept on underground level. The MRT System starts from […]

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Pipe bomb found near Bangkok subway station

The suspected explosive device was found near the National Cultural Centre’s subway station on Tuesday is a pipe bomb similar to the type which went off at Rajprasong shopping centre over a year ago, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaichinda, the national police chief, said on Tuesday. The device is an iron tube about eight inches long […]

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Mass transit services strengthened for Bangkok shutdown

BANGKOK, Jan 9 – The MRT underground train in Bangkok will boost its service frequency to cope with an expected passenger increase of 50 per cent on Monday when major streets will be blocked by anti-government demonstrators. Ronnachit Yaemsa-ard, deputy governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), said at least 300,000 commuters […]

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