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The Latest Breaking News from Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc

City Hall will prop up Bus Rapid Transit

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will continue the city's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service when the concession granted to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), a private operator of the service, ends on Aug 31.

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Cabinet defers BMA's Green Line debt issue

The cabinet decided on Wednesday that it will let its successor deal with the debt incurred by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in hiring Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) to operate the Green Line extension, according to a Government House source.

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BMA’s Green Line debt ‘can’t be solved’

The overdue payment of around 50 billion baht that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) owes to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) will have to wait for a new government to resolve, the caretaker government said on Tuesday.

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Govt asked to pay City Hall's B50bn skytrain debt

Representatives of skytrain employees have asked the government to pay the 50 billion baht debt the company accumulated in running the Green Line extension owned by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

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Court agrees to dismiss Orange Line suit

The Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday upheld a decision of the lower Administrative Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) against the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) and its bidding committee for damages incurred over the Orange Line's western extension.

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City Hall opposes junta's policy on Green Line

The City Hall opposes early Green Line concession extension for Bangkok Mass Transit System plc (BTSC) and proposes the government pay for its extension routes or take over the entire system.

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BMA ready to appeal in debt case

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is ready to appeal the Green Line case if the Administrative Court rules in favour of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) on Wednesday, according to Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt.

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Court dismisses BTSC's petition on Orange Line

The Central Administrative Court has dismissed a petition filed by Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) seeking an injunction to suspend the current round of bidding for the right to jointly invest in Orange Line's western extension project.

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Meeting soon to end Green Line dispute

The board of Krungthep Thanakom Co, a state enterprise under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), is to meet on Thursday to solve the conflict over the operation of the Green Line, according to its chairman Tongthong Chandransu.

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BTS operator set to take legal action as BMA debt nears B38bn

Operation and maintenance costs owed to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), as the operator of the BTS skytrain, by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) are nearing 38 billion baht and may trigger further lawsuits, BTSC CEO Surapong Laoha-Unya said on Friday.

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Construction obstacles prompt rail routes delay

The opening of Bangkok's two new electric rail routes, the Yellow and Pink lines planned for the middle of this year, is likely to be postponed to no later than next year due to construction material delays, according to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC).

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ACT calls to defer Green Line ruling

The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has suggested the cabinet halt any debate on a plan to extend the 30-year concession of the Green Line railway for Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) and wait for the city's next-elected governor to make a decision.

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MRTA dodges lawsuit on Orange Line damages

The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit in which the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) sued the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) as well as the bidding committee for damages over the Orange Line's western extension.

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