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Purple Line (Bangkok)

The MRT Purple line (Thai: รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายสีม่วง) or MRT Chalong Ratchadham line (Thai: รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายฉลองรัชธรรม) is Bangkok's fifth rapid transit line, following the Sukhumvit Line, Silom Line, MRT Blue Line, and Airport Rail Link. The line is 23 km (14 mi) long,[2] serving the north-western area of Bangkok running from Tao Poon to Klong Bang Phai in Nonthaburi Province.

MRT Purple Line
J-TREC sustina trainset
Overview
Other name(s)MRT Chalong Ratchadham Line
Native nameสายสีม่วง
สายฉลองรัชธรรม
OwnerMass Rapid Transit Authority
LocaleNonthaburi Province and Bangkok
Termini
StationsTotal : 33 stations
16 (operational)
17 (under construction)
Color on map    Purple
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemMRT
Operator(s)Bangkok Expressway and Metro
Depot(s)Khlong Bang Phai
Kru Nai (under construction)
Rolling stockJ-TREC Sustina
S24-EMU : 21 three-car trainsets
Daily ridership70,303 (๋July 2024)
History
Commenced10 November 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-10)
Opened6 August 2016; 8 years ago (2016-08-06)
Technical
Line lengthTotal :43.70 km (27.15 mi)
20.92 km (13.00 mi) (operational)
22.78 km (14.15 mi) (under construction)
Number of tracks2
CharacterElevated: 30.63 km (19.03 mi)
Underground : 13.07 km (8.12 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
SignallingBombardier CITYFLO 650 moving block CBTC ATC under ATO GoA 2 (STO), with subsystems of ATP, ATS and CBI[1]
Route map

Legend
PP1
 Khlong Bang Phai
To Main Depot Right arrow
PP2
 Talad Bang Yai
PP3
 Sam Yaek Bang Yai
PP4
 Bang Phlu
PP5
 Bang Rak Yai
PP6
 Bang Rak Noi Tha It
PP7
 Sai Ma
Chao Phraya River
PP8
 Phra Nang Klao Bridge
PP9
 Yaek Nonthaburi 1
PP10
 Bang Krasor
 MRT  Pink Line:
Min Buri Right arrow
PP11
 Nonthaburi Civic Center
PP12
 Ministry of Public Health
PP13
 Yaek Tiwanon
PP14
 Wong Sawang
 SRT  Light Red Line:
Left arrow Taling Chan – Bang Sue Right arrow
PP15
 Bang Son
PP16
 Tao Poon
 MRT  Blue Line:
Left arrow Tha Phra – Bang Sue Right arrow
Parliament House
Sri Yan
Vajira Hospital
National Library
Bang Khun Phrom
Democracy Monument
 MRT  Orange Line:
Left arrow Taling Chan – Min Buri Right arrow
 Sam Yot
 MRT  Blue Line:
Left arrow Bang Khae – Hua Lamphong Right arrow
 Chao Phraya River
Memorial Bridge
 SRT  Dark Red Line:
Left arrow Maha Chai – Hua Lamphong Right arrow
 Wongwian Yai
 BTS  Silom Line:
Left arrow Bang Wa – Siam Right arrow
 Somdech Phra Pinklao Hospital
Dao Khanong
Bang Pakaeo
Bang Pakok
Yaek Pracha Uthit
Rat Burana
Phra Pradaeng
Khru Nai

The line opened on 6 August 2016.[3][2] It is the second line of MRT system and is operated by BEM under a concession contract. Daily ridership is 70,000.[4][5]

A 23.63 km (14.68 mi), 17 station southern extension of the line consisting of a 14.3 km (8.89 mi) underground section and a 9.3 km (5.78 mi) elevated section [6] commenced construction in August 2022. The cost of the southern extension is 82 billion baht and it is planned to open at the end of 2027.[7] By the end of May 2023, construction had progressed to 11.50%.[8]

Route alignment

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The MRT Purple Line platform at Khlong Bang Phai MRT station
 
MRT Purple Line route map at Tao Poon Station (14 August 2016)
 
Ticket Vending machines at Khlong Bang Phai MRT station
 
Entrance to Tao Poon station, MRT Purple Line
 
Khlong Bang Phai MRT station

The Purple line starts from Khlong Bang Phai station in Bang Bua Thong District. The line travels south along Kanchanaphisek Road before turning eastward near Central WestGate, onto Rattanathibet Road. It continues along Rattanathibet Road, passing through a large residential area in Bang Yai District and crosses the Chao Phraya River on a bridge parallel to the Phra Nang Klao Bridge and runs towards Nonthaburi Civic Center station. The line then turns southward onto Tiwanon Road, passing the Ministry of Public Health and turns southeast onto Krung Thep-Nonthaburi Road, entering Yaek Tiwanon station. The line then enters Bangkok city limits at Bang Sue district and passes Bang Son station before terminating at the upper platforms of Tao Poon station, with a total length of 23 kilometres (14.29 mi), serving 16 stations.

History

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Officially named the Chalong Ratchadham Line (Thai: สายฉลองรัชธรรม) – "To Celebrate the Great King's Reign with Righteousness"[9] – but informally known as the "Purple Line", the rapid transit line provides a north–western corridor in Bangkok's Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan. The line also incorporated an extension of the Blue Line from nearby Bang Sue station to Tao Poon Station.

In the 1990s, the plan for the Purple Line was to run from Bang Phut to Bang Sue for 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), with an extension to Thewet for 6.7 kilometers (4.2 mi).[10]

This line was created from the adjustment of the 1994 mass transit rail system master plan, which connected the original extension of the Blue Line from Tao Poon to Bang Yai, while the original Purple Line would have run from the National Library to Tao Poon and the original Orange Line from Samsen (National Library) to Rat Burana, becoming a new line designated as the Purple Line, included in the master plan of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) for the first time in 2004. Five years later, the line's construction began.

Northern section

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Construction was divided into six contracts, three of them for civil works. The contracts were signed from late 2009 to early 2010 and completion was originally scheduled for the end of 2014.[11][12][13][14] The third contract included construction of four park and ride buildings at the Khlong Bang Phai, Sam Yaek Bang Yai, Bang Rak Noi Tha It, and Yaek Nonthaburi 1 stations. On 31 March 2017, the fifth contract was effectively terminated and became part of a new Blue Line concession agreement.[15][16]

The 2011 Thailand floods delayed the construction of the line for nearly 1 year. In June 2013, five people were injured when six beams fell onto vehicles below Tao Poon station.[17] In July 2014, the civil work was 94 percent complete;[18][19] in October 2014, civil work was stated to be 99% complete.[20]

The line opened on August 6, 2016, when His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej graciously appointed Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to represent him in presiding over the opening ceremony and officially pressing the button to open the electric train system.[3][21] However, the MRT Blue Line extension to Tao poon was delayed, so when it opened the Purple Line couldn't interchange with the Blue line as planned. This resulted in low line usage. Even with a reduced fare, the line only attracted about 22,000 passengers daily compared to a goal of 100,000. A shuttle bus service was in operation between Tao Poon MRT station and Bang Sue MRT station to connect with the Blue Line.[22] When the Blue line extension finally opened a year later, on 11 August 2017,[23][24] ridership significantly increased. In 2019, daily ridership was 70,000.[4][5]

Construction contracts

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Contract Notes Contractor(s) Length
(km)
1 Phra Nang Klao Bridge to Tao Poon CKTC Joint Venture[11] 13
2 Khlong Bang Phai to Phra Nang Klao Bridge Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction[12] 10.75
3 Khlong Bang Phai Depot and Park & Ride buildings PAR Joint Venture[13]
4 Purple Line Rolling stocks and O&M Bangkok Expressway and Metro[25][26][27][28][29]
5 Bang Sue to Tao Poon section and O&M (MRT Blue Line)
6 Track and Electrical Italian-Thai Development[30][31]

Southern section

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As the northern section of the Purple line was built first, the 2nd phase of the Purple Line south from Tao Poon via Rattanakosin - Bangkok's old town to Rat Burana would fully complete the line. The length of the southern extension is 23.63 km (14.68 mi) (14.29 km (8.88 mi) underground, 9.34 km (5.80 mi) elevated with 17 stations - ten underground and seven elevated).[6]

The Thai Cabinet was expected to approve the tender in mid 2017 with a tender then to be issued in the second half of 2017.[32] On 25 July 2017, Cabinet approval was given,[33][34] but the tender was then delayed until 2018.[35][36] By December 2018, a tender had still not been issued and was further delayed.[37] In August 2019, subject to final land acquisition, a March 2020 tender was planned.[38] In mid 2020, the Ministry of Transport still aimed for a tendering process within 2020 despite COVID-19 related delays.[39] The MRTA then expected to issue a tender in February 2021.[40] and if construction had begun in 2021, the extension was projected to enter service sometime in 2027.[41] However, the tender was delayed yet again and subsequently cancelled in August 2021 until it was finally issued in November 2021.[42]

Construction contracts were signed on 11 March 2022 with a 2005 construction period for an ambitious planned 2027 opening date.[43]

Construction progress

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Contactors were issued with a Notice to Proceed on 25 April 2022 giving them access to sites along the route with actual construction planned to begin from August 2022.[44] Construction began in early August for two contract sections, 3 & 4.[45] Some 410 lots and 500 buildings will need to be appropriated to build the extension and as of May 2022 many of them were still to be surveyed.[7]

Construction progress was at 3.45% complete at the end of September 2022.[46] By the end of November 2022, construction progress was at 4.30%. [47] At the end of February 2023, construction had progressed to 7.73%.[48]

By the end of May 2023, construction had progressed to 11.50%. [49]

Construction contracts

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Contract Notes Contractor(s) Length
(km) 		Progress
(October 2024) 		Cost[50]
1 Tao Poon to National Library CKST Joint Venture 4.8 58.84% ฿19,430 million
2 National Library to Phan Fah 3.44 50.11% ฿15,878 million
3 Phan Fah to Memorial Bridge ITD-NWR Joint Venture 3.1 40.27% ฿15,109 million
4 Memorial Bridge to Dao Khanong Unique Construction and Engineering 4.1 43.04% ฿14,982 million
5 Dao Khanong to Kru Nai & Depot Italian-Thai Development 9 22.14% ฿19,904 million
6 Track and Electrical 35.20% ฿3,589 million
7 Rolling stock TBA TBA
Total Progress 44.21%[51] ฿82,083 million

Stations

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Further information: List of rapid transit stations in Bangkok
Code Station Name Opened Platform Type Position Park
&
Ride 		Transfer Notes
English Thai
Khlong Bang Phai - Tao Poon: 20.92 km (operational)
 PP01  Khlong Bang Phai คลองบางไผ่ 6 August 2016; 8 years ago (2016-08-06) Island Elevated √ Exit to:
• Khlong Bang Phai Depot
• DHL Supply Chain & Distribution
 PP02  Talad Bang Yai ตลาดบางใหญ่ Island - Exit to:
• Big C Extra Bangyai
• The Square Bang Yai
• Kasemrad International Hospital Ratthanatibeth
• Home Pro Rattanathibet
• Big C Supercenter Rattanathibet 1
• Decathlon Bangyai
• Index Living Mall Bang Yai
• Central Westgate
• IKEA Bangyai
• Bang Yai Market
 PP03  Sam Yaek Bang Yai สามแยกบางใหญ่ Island √
 PP04  Bang Phlu บางพลู Island - Exit to Megahome Rattanathibet
 PP05  Bang Rak Yai บางรักใหญ่ Island - Exit to Wat Bang Rak Yai
 PP06  Bang Rak Noi Tha It บางรักน้อย-ท่าอิฐ Island √ Proposed connecting station to  BTS  (future)
 PP07  Sai Ma ไทรม้า Island -
 PP08  Phra Nang Klao Bridge สะพานพระนั่งเกล้า Island - Connecting station, without paid-area integration to Phra Nang Klao pier for
•  Mine Smart Ferry 
•  CHAOPHRAYA EXPRESS  		Exit to:
• Wat Noi Nok
• Wat Chaeng Sirisamphan
• Tonsak Market
• Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi - Nonthaburi Campus - North Area
 PP09  Yaek Nonthaburi 1 แยกนนทบุรี 1 Island √ Exit to:
• Central Rattanathibet
• Owl Market
 PP10  Bang Krasor บางกระสอ Island - Exit to:
• Big C Supercenter Rattanathibet 2
• Grand Richmond Stylish Convention Hotel
 PP11  Nonthaburi Civic Center ศูนย์ราชการนนทบุรี Island - Connecting station, without paid-area integration, to
•  MRT  , via a 350-metre elevated pedestrian walkway.
•  MRT  (future) 		Exit to:
• National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
• Nonthaburi Civic Center
• Esplanade Cineplex Ngamwongwan – Khae Rai
• Siam Business Administration Nonthaburi Technological College
• Makut Rommayasaran Park
 PP12  Ministry of Public Health กระทรวงสาธารณสุข Island - Exit to:
• Ministry of Public Health
• Srithanya Hospital
• Regional Revenue Office 4
 PP13  Yaek Tiwanon แยกติวานนท์ Island -
 PP14  Wong Sawang วงศ์สว่าง Island - Exit to Big C Market Place Wong Sawang
 PP15  Bang Son บางซ่อน Island - Connecting station, without paid-area integration, to
•  SRT 
• SRT Southern Line 		Exit to Bang Son Market
 PP16  Tao Poon เตาปูน Island - Interchange station to  MRT  Exit to:
• Tao Poon Market
• Lotus's Prachachuen
Tao Poon - Kru Nai: 22.78 km (under construction)
 PP17  Parliament House รัฐสภา 2027; 3 years' time (2027)
(expected) 		Island Underground - Exit to:
• Thai Parliament
• Defence Industrial Department
• 4th Armoured Regiment, 1st Division King's Royal Guard
• Air Defence Division
• Wat Mai Thongsen
• Wat Kaew Fah Chulamanee
 PP18  Sri Yan ศรีย่าน Stacked - Exit to:
• Supreme Complex
• Makro Samsen
• Royal Irrigation Department
• Medium Irrigation Water Resources Development Division
• Wimol Sriyan Commercial College
 PP19  Vajira Hospital วชิรพยาบาล Stacked - Exit to:
• Vajira Hospital
• Sukhothai Palace
• Market Place Dusit
• Suan Dusit University
• Saint Gabriel's College
 PP20  National Library หอสมุดแห่งชาติ Side - Exit to:
• Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
• The National Library
• Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon
 PP21  Bang Khun Phrom บางขุนพรหม Stacked - Exit to:
• Bank of Thailand
• Bank of Thailand Museum
• Bang Khun Phrom Palace
• Wat Sam Phraya
 PP22  Democracy Monument อนุสาวรีย์ประชาธิปไตย Stacked - Interchange station to  MRT  (under construction) Exit to:
• Mahakan fort
• Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall
• Queen Sirikit Gallery
• Royal Pavilion Mahajetsadabadin
• Wat Saket

Formerly Phan Fa

 PP23  Sam Yot สามยอด Island - Interchange station to  MRT  Exit to:
• Khlong Ong Ang
• Mega Plaza Saphan Lek
• Phahurat
• Rommaninat Park
• The Old Siam Plaza
 PP24  Memorial Bridge สะพานพุทธฯ Island - Proposed connecting station to Prachathipok station for  MRL  Exit to:
• Suksanari School
• Wat Prayurawongsawat Worawihan
• Wat Phitchaya Yatikaram Worawihan
• Wat Anongkharam Worawihan
• Nan Ah Hospital
• Big C Supercenter Itsaraphap
 PP25  Wongwian Yai วงเวียนใหญ่ Island - Connecting station, without paid-area integration to
•  BTS  via 270-metre underground walkway
•  SRT  via 120-metre covered walkway (future) 		Exit to:
• Wongwian Yai Market
• Wongwian Yai
 PP26  Somdech Phra Pinklao Hospital โรงพยาบาลสมเด็จพระปิ่นเกล้า Island - Exit to:
• Somdech Phra Pinklao Hospital
• Samre Market

Formerly Samre

 PP27  Dao Khanong ดาวคะนอง Side Elevated - Exit to:
• Big C Supercenter Dao Khanong
• Wat Mongkhon Wararam
 PP28  Bang Pakaeo บางปะแก้ว Side -
 PP29  Bang Pakok บางปะกอก Side √ Exit to:
• Wat Bang Pakok
• Bang Pakok Wittayakom School
• Bangpakok 1 Hospital
• Bang Pakok Fresh Market
• Lotus's Bangpakok
 PP30  Yaek Pracha Uthit แยกประชาอุทิศ Side - Exit to:
• Bangkok Employment Office Area 2
• Han Clan Foundation of Thailand
• Wat Sarod School
• Wat Sarod

Formerly Rama 9 Bridge

 PP31  Rat Burana ราษฎร์บูรณะ Side √
 PP32  Phra Pradaeng พระประแดง Side - Exit to:
• Phra Pradaeng Arcade Market
• HomePro Suk Sawat
• Big C Supercenter Suksawat
• Thaiwatsadu Suk Sawat
 PP33  Khru Nai ครุใน Side - Exit to Wat Kru Nai

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Rolling stock

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In November 2013, BEM contracted with Marubeni Corp, Toshiba Corp, and East Japan Railway Company to install E&S systems, supply 21 three-car trains (total of 63 cars) rolling stock, and provide maintenance for 10 years as part of a contract worth 12.6 billion baht.[52] East Japan Railway train manufacturing subsidiary J-TREC built them in Yokohama with the first sets delivered in early 2016.[53] The trains are owned by the MRTA which paid for the rolling stock at BEMs request.[38] The southern extension will acquire 17 additional trains, along with the current ones, to create a total of 38 trains.

In total, line is service by 21 three-car trains.[9] Trains are powered by 750 V DC via third rail system, are air-conditioned and capable of traveling at up to 80 km/h (50 mph).

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    MRT Purple Line train entering a station.
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    Purple Line train spotted near Central Westgate.
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    Interior of a train.
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    Interior of a train.
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    Dynamic route map
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    Platform Level at Bang Phlu station

Operation

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Headways

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MRT Purple Line headway[54]
Time Headway (Minutes:Seconds)
Monday - Friday
05.30 - 06.30 07:12
06:30 - 08:30 04:50
08:30 - 09:30 06:25
09:30 - 17:00 08:30
17:00 - 20:00 04:50
20:00 - 21:00 06:25
21:00 - 24:00 09:30
Saturday to Sunday and Public Holiday
06:00 - 24:00 09:30

Ridership

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When the Purple line first opened daily ridership was only 22,000 compared to projected numbers of 100,000.[55] After the opening of the Blue Line extension to Tao Poon 1 year later in August 2017, daily average ridership increased significantly from 33,000 to 50,000.[56]

In August 2018, the MRTA Deputy Governor stated that daily ridership had increased to 60,000 each weekday.[57] By late 2019, this had increased to 70,000.[4] In 2023 the purple line saw an average of 50385 passengers per day. [58]

On 16 October 2023, MRT Purple Line began using the new fare rates of 14 to 20 baht (down from 16 to 42 baht) after the '20 Baht Transit Max Fares Policy' was approved by the Thai government.[59]

MRT Purple Line Ridership[60]
Year Quarter Quarterly Ridership Daily Ridership Annual Ridership Remarks
2016 Q1 3,074,389
Q2
Q3 1,161,989 20,731  PP01  Khlong Bang Phai -  PP16  Tao Poon section opened on 6 August 2016.
Q4 1,912,400 20,796
2017 Q1 1,969,874 21,888 11,626,990
Q2 2,196,900 24,142
Q3 3,437,488 37,364  BL10  Tao Poon -  BL11  Bang Sue section on MRT Blue Line opened on 11 August 2017.
Q4 4,022,728 44,206
2018 Q1 4,005,632 44,508 17,644,588
Q2 4,120,533 45,281
Q3 4,791,613 52,083
Q4 4,726,810 51,379
2019 Q1 4,699,831 52,221 19,726,225
Q2 4,665,231 52,419
Q3 5,298,016 57,588
Q4 5,063,147 55,035
2020 Q1 4,719,549 51,863 16,836,638 1st wave of COVID-19 outbreaks (January 2020 - May 2020)
Q2 2,208,015 24,264
Q3 4,840,866 52,619
Q4 5,068,208 55,089 2nd wave of COVID-19 outbreaks (December 2020 - February 2021)
2021 Q1 3,475,384 38,615 9,841,934
Q2 1,993,392 21,668 3rd wave of COVID-19 outbreaks (April 2021 - June 2021)
Q3 1,417,404 15,407 4th wave of COVID-19 outbreaks (July 2021 - early 2022)
Q4 2,955,754 32,128
2022 Q1 2,946,430 32,739 16,450,757
Q2 3,569,128 39,222
Q3 4,691,107 50,991
Q4 5,244,092 57,001
2023 Q1 5,122,816 56,921 21,508,224
Q2 4,897,809 53,823
Q3 5,623,257 61,123
Q4 5,864,342 63,742 Began using 14-20 Baht fare rates from 16 October 2023.[59]
2024 Q1 6,005,239 65,992 18,351,875
Q2 5,718,198 62,837
Q3 6,628,438 72,049 As of September 2024.
Q4

Route map

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Network map

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See also

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References

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