The plan is then to extend the ticket system so that it will cover Bangkok’s MRT underground train system, the Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link and intercity toll roads. Soithip Trisuddhi is the national secretary for transport and she says the ticketing system will eventually cover public bus services in Bangkok as well as Chao Phraya River ferries.
Secretary Praditphet told reporters in Bangkok that the first part of the project would see machines and equipment adapted for it and the establishment of a central clearing house. The secretary said live tests should be run early in 2016 and the system would officially launch in August.
Bangkok based BSV Group is already in the process of setting up the protocols and infrastructure for the clearing house. The project is a collaboration between the BTS operators and Smart Traffic and Vix Mobility.
Bangkok transport operators to set up shared ticket system
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Thailand’s Transport Ministry has taken the first steps in a scheme that will see public transport operators in Bangkok share the same ticketing system. A director with the ministry, Phadet Praditphet, says the initial phase of the project will see the ticket systems of the BTS Skytrain network and the Expressways Authority of Thailand integrated.