Operations
The SARL operates daily from 6:00 a.m. to 12 midnight, with the City Line trains departing every 15 minutes and the Express Line trains departing every 60 minutes. Between 23 August 2010 and 3 January 2011, passengers were charged a promotional fare of 15 Baht or 100 Baht on the City Line and Express Line service, respectively. On 4 January 2011, a standard fare of 15 to 45 Baht for the City Line was introduced. The Express Line was priced at 150 baht but insufficient patronage lead to a promotional fare of 90/150 for a single/return trip (within 14 days) on the Express Line from 1 June 2011. This fare has been extended until the end of 2013. .
Since 4 January 2011, baggage check-in service is offered to passengers traveling on flights operated by Thai Airways International from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily. Passengers checking in at Makkasan station (the city air terminal) are required to purchase an Express Line ticket and check in at least 3 hours prior to flight departure, or up to 12 hours in advance. Bangkok Airways discontinued baggage check-in service in this facility on 13 June 2011. However, very few passengers use the Makkasan station check in service with as few as 20 or less per day.
On 1 June 2011 additional Express Line services became available between Phaya Thai station and the airport with a total journey time of 18 minutes. This effectively means that there are two distinct Express Services: one to/from Phaya Thai with a 60 minute headway; and one to/from Makkasan Terminal also with a 60 minute headway. This is due to a design flaw in the original laying of the rail which meant that the Express line track terminates at Makkasan and does not connect with the Cityline track further to Phayathai. The SRT allocated 17m baht in Feb 2012 to rectify this problem. However, as of June 2013 the two tracks had not been connected.
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