If you’re jonesing for an unlikely, world-changing event to look forward to following the disappointment of last Friday’s Mayan Apocalypse, then consider this: awaiting the long-foretold coming of the Green Line rail system.
The completion date for the long-in-coming electrical rail extension remains anyone’s guess, but last week, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) announced that it would open bids for the line’s construction.
Rather than offer up that juicy morsel to just one company, the MRTA has decided to spread out the bids across four different contracts.
The Bangkok Post reports that next year, the MRTA will solicit bids for the construction of two, separate sections of rail, the construction of the line’s maintenance and repair center, and the construction of the actual, electric rail system itself.
In total, the project is expected to cost THB58.6 billion. Once completed, the rail will run from Mo Chit to Ku Kot, by way of Saphan Mai.
If you feel like you’ve got it in you to scoop up a chunk of that sizable purse, then you best sit down and figure out how you’re going to build 34.5 kilometers of electric railway. And while you’re at it, you might as well learn some anger management exercises to help you cope with Thailand’s transit bureaucracy.
