์I will so happy to tell all of you about the Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link .Finally it is finished and open for the public ,so now the visitor and traveler from Suvarnabhumi Airport can easily travel to Bangkok as well as from Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi Airport as well .This is a good news during my country is having a lot of the problem and hope it won't effect to the system again. if some of you might interest in the information of Suvarnabhumi Airport here the "quote"
The Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link (Thai: รถไฟฟ้าเชื่อมท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ, แอร์พอร์ตลิงก์ Airport Link) or SARL, is a rapid transit line under construction in Bangkok, Thailand. The line will provide as an airport rail link from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the City Air Terminal at Makkasan in central Bangkok. Most of the line is on a viaduct over the main Eastern Railway. It is owned and will be operated by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). The 28.6-km route will be the fourth rapid transit line in Bangkok, after 2 BTS and 1 MRT line. Services consists of the Express Line, a 15-minute non-stop service between the Makkasan City Air Terminal and the airport, and the City Line, a commuter rail service with 8 intermediate stations.
History
The key airport link contract was signed in January 2005, and construction began in July 2005.[2] The line is built by a consortium of B Grimm, STECON and Siemens, and is owned and operated by State Railway of Thailand (SRT). The estimated cost of the project is 25.9 billion baht.[3]
The line is built largely along the same alignment as the failed Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System (BERTS), started by Hopewell but stopped in 1997 when only 10% had been completed. Some BERTS pillars stood in the way of the new system, and after extensive debate on their suitability for reuse and demands for compensation from Hopewell, SRT decided to demolish the pillars and build new ones.[4]
While originally scheduled to be completed by 2006, the Hopewell debacle, an extended bidding process and a series of legal challenges from property owners who had encroached on SRT's land have repeatedly delayed project. As of February 2009, the line was 98% completed[5] and the latest projected opening date is August 2010.[6]
A second stage, continuing along the BERTS alignment from Phaya Thai north to Don Mueang (site of Don Mueang International Airport) via Bang Sue, is also planned. Passive provision is being made for an extension of the rail link to a future second terminal at Suvarnabhumi airport.
[edit] Specifications
The standard gauge line, forming the eastern section of the Light Red line, is 28.6 km long and is elevated, running above the existing eastern railway, with an underground terminal at the airport. Both non-stop Suvarnabhumi Airport Express services and "stopping" Suvarnabhumi Airport City Line commuter services will be operated, with Express journeys taking 15 minutes and Commuter trips 27 minutes[3].
Siemens supplied nine Desiro Class 360/2 trainsets. The only significant difference from the UK units is a much larger air-conditioning pod on the roof, providing extra power to cope with the Thai climate. City services will be operated by five three-car trains, and the Express services by four trainsets with a fourth car for check-in baggage. The first trains left Germany in September 2007, and testing in Bangkok began in March 2008.[7]
The line is electrified at 25 kV AC. All stations are being built to accommodate 10-car trains. Express train platform of Makkasan station and all platforms at Suvarnabhumi are fitted with platform automatic screen doors. The top speed is 160 km/h, but the short distances between the stations imply that commuter services don't reach that speed.[2]
[edit] Check In
In City Air Terminal (CAT) at Makkasan station, passengers will be able to check in their luggage.
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