Behold, BTS to get more expensive in October

A BTS train. Photo: My Train Pix/ Flickr
A BTS train. Photo: My Train Pix/ Flickr

From Oct. 1, it will cost you a few coins more to catch the BTS. The transportation company that runs the skytrain system has announced it will increase the fares by THB1-3 for the main Sukhumvit and Silom lines in exchange for more trains and a better ticketing system.

Surapong Laoha-Unya, Director of Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited, said the organization has purchased 46 more trains, which will arrive Thailand in the beginning of next year while the ticket vending machines will be replaced with the ones with touch screens  some of these machines will accept notes.

Surapong added that the BTS fares have not been adjusted in 4 years, while its operation cost has been continuingly increased, Matichon reported.

For a single ticket, the new fares will start at THB16 instead of THB15, and go up to THB44 instead of THB42. See the breakdown of the fare chart below.

Distance                       New fare (THB)   Current fare (THB)

1 station                            16                                15

2 stations                          23                               22

3 stations                          26                               25

4 stations                          30                               28

5 stations                          33                               31

6 stations                          37                               34

7 stations                          40                               37

More than 8 stations     44                               42


For those Rabbit card holders who buy trips, it will cost you THB15 – THB75 more per purchase.

Trips         New fare (THB)   Current fare (THB)

15 trips       465                              450

25 trips       725                              700

40 trips       1,080                         1,040

50 trips       1,300                         1,250

 



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