Single ticketing to start with Airport Link in August

Single ticketing to start with Airport Link in August

The Transport Ministry plans to introduce its integrated ticketing system on electric trains in August. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)
The Transport Ministry plans to introduce its integrated ticketing system on electric trains in August. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)

The Transport Ministry plans to launch integrated ticketing in August with a discount, starting with Airport Rail Link.

Phadet Praditphet, acting director for integrated ticketing of the ministry's Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP), said on Monday that an integrated ticketing system and its fare-clearing centre would be completed in February.

After that, the operation will be tested for six months before the launch in approximately August.

It should begin with Airport Rail Link on the Suvarnabhumi airport-inner Bangkok route as it has relatively few stations, he said. Then the new service would expand to the MRT subway and the BTS elevated railway.

New electric railways and passenger buses to be added in the future would be included in the integrated ticketing system right away, Mr Phadet said.

He proposed fare discounts for commuters on the second transport system they would use. The OTP proposed a discount of 20-50% depending on the government's ability to subsidise discounted fares, Mr Phadet said.

The new tickets can also be used to pay for goods and services at member shops. The OTP would initially run the system and later invite partners, Mr Phadet said.

The integrated ticketing system would finally cover electric trains, passenger buses and other modes of public transport, he said.

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