He explained that the contract signed in March stipulated delivery of the carriages would commence in 2020. According to the schedule of operations, the Red Line will welcome its first paying passengers in the same year.
This part of the Red Line will connect 10 stations in the northern areas of Bangkok and Rangsit. The line is slightly over 26kms long and the Thai government has allocated a budget of THB80 billion to see it through to completion.
Hitachi joined forces with Mitsubishi and Sumitomo to form the MHS Consortium for the Red Line project. The THB32 billion contract the consortium won covers the system design, signalling installation, carriages, and ticket issue and validation machines.
Hitachi says Bangkok Red Line train carriages will not be late
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Hitachi’s country director for Thailand has promised that rolling stock on order for Bangkok’s Red Line train service will be delivered on schedule. Yasuo Mizutani said the firm was still holding talks with State Railway of Thailand representatives about the exact specifications needed.