Author: Peter Carlisle

Thales completes delivery of ticketing system for Bangkok Blue Line, set to enhance 800,000 passenger journeys as section 3 kick-starts operations Copyright 2019 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved •Thales completes delivery of the Automatic Fare Collection system across 19 additional stations on the Bangkok MRT’s Blue Line. •Thales is well-positioned to support rapid commuter growth, […]

New stretch of Bangkok’s MRT Blue Line rail system begins trial run A new stretch of MRT Blue Line rail system in Thailand’s Bangkok has run on trial. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob presided over the opening ceremony on Monday for the new MRT Blue Line stretch between Tha Phra station on the Thonburi side of […]

New Property Tax in Thailand from 2020 Nopporn Charoenkitraj and Jirapas Amonpiticharoen, of Baker McKenzie, Thailand, discuss the impact of the new property tax which will be introduced in 2020. After lengthy deliberation the Land and Building Tax Act (Act) will become effective in tax year 2020; it is the first land and building tax […]

New Bangkok east-west expressway to open in five years The Expressway Authority of Thailand plans to call tenders next year for construction of a new east-west expressway, 11.3 kilometres long from Kasetsart intersection to Bangkok’s eastern ring road, to open in 2024, and it will include a monorail. Exat deputy governor Wichan Ekarintrakul said the […]

Thai private sector propose 33 Quick win community-based power plant projects By The Nation The “Energy for All” policy of Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong is starting to take shape after the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), chaired by Prime Minister Prayat Chan-o-cha, approved the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) mechanism in renewable power investment and price […]