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Overview

The SRT Red Lines are a planned elevated metro system in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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The lines will be operated by the State Railway of Thailand

State Railway of Thailand

The State Railway of Thailand is the state-owned rail operator in Thailand. The network sees around 50 million passengers per annum.-History:SRT was founded as the Royal State Railways of Siam in 1890...

or SRT.
The system consists of two connecting lines, the first one from Bangsue to Rangsit

Rangsit

Rangsit may refer to:*Rangsit, Prince of Chainat , Thai prince*Khlong Rangsit, a canal north of Bangkok*Rangsit, a city in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand*Rangsit University, a university in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand...

and the second one from Hua Mak to Taling Chan

Taling Chan

Taling Chan is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Its neighbor, clockwise from north, are Amphoe Bang Kruai of Nonthaburi Province, Bang Phlat, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, Phasi Charoen, Bang Khae, and Thawi Watthana districts of Bangkok....

. The second line shares part of its route with the Suvarnabhumi Airport Link. The Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link is currently operational.

Bangkok

Bangkok

also has two other transit systems: the Bangkok Skytrain

Bangkok Skytrain

The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain , is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited under a concession granted by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration...

and the Bangkok Metro

Bangkok Metro

The MRT , sometimes referred to as the Bangkok Metro, is Bangkok's underground metro system in Thailand. It was constructed under a concession concept...

, along with multiple planned lines for the future. As the Red Lines run largely along the alignment of the failed Hopewell Project

Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System

The Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System , commonly known as the Hopewell Project after main contractor Hopewell Holdings, was a failed project to build an elevated highway and rail line from central Bangkok to Don Muang Airport...

, they have also been described as a "Hopewell revival".

A list of the planned stations:

SRT Dark Red Line

In February 2009, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva

Abhisit Vejjajiva

Abhisit Vejjajiva , , ; born Mark Abhisit Vejjajiva; 3 August 1964 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a Thai politician who was the 27th Prime Minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011 and is the current leader of the Democrat Party...

secured a 24 billion baht (685 million US dollars) loan from the Japanese Government for the 42 mi (67 km) portion from Bangsue to Rangsit

Rangsit

SRT Light Red Line

The contract for the construction of the initial Bang Sue-Taling Chan section (15 km) was signed on December 15, 2008, with the contract awarded to the Unique-Chun Wo consortium. Construction started in 2010.

Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link

The Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link (SARL) is a rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

line that provides an airport rail link

Airport rail link

An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport from an airport to a nearby city; by mainline- or commuter trains, rapid transit, people mover or light rail...

from Suvarnabhumi Airport

Suvarnabhumi Airport

Suvarnabhumi Airport , also known as Bangkok International Airport, is an international airport serving Bangkok, Thailand. It was officially opened for limited domestic flight service on 15 September 2006, and opened for most domestic and all international commercial flights on 28 September...

via Makkasan City Air Terminal to Phaya Thai station

Phaya Thai Airport Link Station

Phaya Thai station is a rapid transit station of the in Ratchathewi District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located over eastern railway at the level crossing on Phaya Thai Road. It is direct interchange to BTS at another westward Phaya Thai Station. The station is among the government...

in central Bangkok. Most of the line is on a viaduct

Viaduct

A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to lead something. However, the Ancient Romans did not use that term per se; it is a modern derivation from an analogy with aqueduct. Like the Roman aqueducts, many early...

over the main eastern railway. The SRT Light Red Line's route also goes along the eastern railway routes, parallel to SARL.

Overview

SRT Dark Red Line

SRT Light Red Line

Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link

See also