Light Blue Line (Bangkok Rapid Transit)

BMA Light Blue Line รถไฟฟ้าสายสีฟ้า
Overview
Type	Monorail
System	Bangkok Rapid Transit
Status	Proposed
Locale	Bangkok, Thailand
Termini	Pracha Songkhro Chong Nonsi
Stations	9 (Planned)
Operation
Opened	2029 (est.)
Owner	Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Operator(s)	BMA
Technical
Line length	9.5 kilometers (5.9 mi) (est.)
Electrification	Third rail ?
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) ?
Route map Legend Pracha Songkhro Mit Mitri Din Daeng Makkasan Phetchaburi Phloen Chit Lumphini Suan Phlu Chong Nonsi

The Light Blue Line (Din Daeng - Sathon) was a planned monorail line to be built in Bangkok, Thailand. Its path runs along a north - south axis. This line is planned to link the Din Daeng housing community areas, Bangkok City Hall 2, Makkasan Station (for the Suvarnabhumi Airport Link), and business area along Sathon Road.

The total distance of the route is approximately 9.5 km and is expected to service 319,000 passengers per day. The line is tentatively planned to be completed by 2029.

Progress

The Yingluck Shinawatra led Phua Thai government elected in July 2011 decided not to pursue plans to continue the Grey Line and the Light Blue Line, citing that the lines are not feasible within their 4-year, 10 lines priority plan. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration was invited to could both projects but the BMA would have to fund them.^[1] As of 2013, BMA has taken on the Grey Line project.

As of the middle of 2014, there are no plans to implement the Light Blue line by the BMA. Given the delays in 2013 and 2014 with tendering other priority mass transit lines related to the political crisis in Thailand, it is highly unlikely that the Light Blue line will be considered by either the BMA or the MRTA for many years.

Station

The route has a total of 9 planned stations.

List of Planned Stations

Code	Station Name	Number of train platforms	Transfer
	Pracha Songkhro		MRT Orange Line: Pracha Songkro (planned)
	Mit Maitri
	Din Daeng
	Makkasan		Airport Rail Link, SRT Light Red Line: Makkasan MRT Blue Line: Phetchaburi
	Phetchaburi
	Phloen Chit		BTS Sukhumvit Line: Phloen Chit
	Lumphini		MRT Blue Line: Lumphini
	Suan Phlu
	Chong Nonsi		BTS Silom Line: Chong Nonsi Bangkok BRT: Sathon

Transfers

• Transfers to MRT Orange Line at Pracha Songkhro Station. (planned)
• Transfers to Airport Rail Link and SRT Light Red Line (planned), and transfers to the Phetchaburi Station of MRT Blue Line at Makkasan Station.
• Transfers to BTS Sukhumvit Line at Phloen Chit Station.
• Transfers to MRT Blue Line at Lumphini Station.
• Transfers to BTS Silom Line at Chong Nonsi Station.

See also

• BTS Skytrain
• Sukhumvit Line
• Silom Line
• Airport Rail Link (Bangkok)
• Bangkok Metro
• MRT Blue Line
• MRT Brown Line
• MRT Grey Line
• MRT Orange Line
• MRT Pink Line
• MRT Purple Line
• MRT Yellow Line
• SRT Red Lines
• Bangkok BRT

References

1. เพื่อไทยรื้อแผนปชป. ตัดทิ้งรถไฟฟ้าสองสาย เส้นวัชรพล-พระราม 9 และดินแดง-สาธร