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Bangkok: On June 3, the MRT Yellow Line will be available for free trials at 13 stations
02 June 2023 (Bangkok, Thailand)
It's finally here! On June 3, the MRT Yellow Line will be available for free trials at 13 stations.
Eastern Bangkok Monorail Co., Ltd., or EBM, the concessionaire for the Lat Phrao-Samrong segment of the MRT Yellow Line Project, led a group of media on June 2, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at Kelantan Station.
Visited the area to check on the trial run's readiness for the train service between Samrong Station (YL23) and Kelantan Station (YL12), in order to get everything ready for the public trial run. without taking any payments on June 3, 2023
The Eastern Bangkok Monorail Co., Ltd. director, Mr. Surapong Laoha-Unya, announced that the company will begin a limited trial operation on June 3, 2023.
Source
https://www.bts.co.th/information/information-views.html?id=IAjIJFd899I2HoGDBFxeIA==
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