The Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha and the governor of Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand Pakapong Sirikantaramas have officially inaugurated the 30.4 km Bangkok Yellow Line connecting Lat Phrao and Samrong districts through 23 stations.
The line, built on along the heavily congested Lat Phrao and Srinagarindra road corridors, is operated by Eastern Bangkok Monorail Company Limited which in 2017 awarded Alstom the contract supply the turnkey Innovia monorail system.
Bangkok’s first driverless urban line features 30 four-car monorail train sets, fully-automated train control and integrated wayside railway systems.
The project delivery, led by Alstom’s Turnkey regional hub in Bangkok, included system integration, installation and test and commissioning of the Innovia monorail trains, Cityflo 650 GOA4 driverless signalling, communication systems, power supply and conductor rail, track switches, platform screen doors and depot equipment.
The Innovia monorail trainsets have been manufactured at the Alstom joint-venture CRRC Puzhen Alstom Transportation Systems Ltd. (PATS) in China. Alstom is providing 20 years of long-term maintenance for most of the provided systems.
“We transform mobility at large, by pioneering smarter and greener mobility solutions to the benefit of all. The inauguration of Bangkok Yellow Line is another step in transforming urban mobility in the densely populated capital and will provide passengers with a comfortable, safe and efficient journey, cutting journey times by a third.”
The trains operate the line at a maximum operating speed of 80 km/h with a capacity of 200,000 passengers per day.
The construction of the project was split into two sections including the Ratchada/Lat Phrao-Phatthanakan section and Phatthanakan – Samrong section. The line is connected with the Blue Line at Ratchada station and to other 4 lines of city’s mass transit system, including the Grey Line at Chalong Rat intersection, the Orange Line at Lam Sali intersection, Airport Rail Link at Rama IX interchange and the Green Line at Samrong station.
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