Bangkok Red Line MRT Project

Overview:

• The Bangkok Red Line MRT Project is a 41 km metre-gauge train system that is part of Bangkok's Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan which aims to develop an urban rail transit network to serve the Greater Bangkok area.
• The line will encompass two elevated lines to the north of the Thai capital, and is expected to be completed by 2020. 
• This Red Line is an addition to the existing three operating rail lines: the Green Line, the Blue Line and the Airport Rail Link. The Red Line was proposed by the State Railway of Thailand and received approval in 2007, while the first construction phase started in 2013. 
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi, and Sumitomo Corporation were awarded a contract by the State Railway of Thailand to design and build the electric and mechanical systems for the Red Line project.  

Wai Yee Tsang - Journalist Asia-Pacific