Type Straddle-beam monorail Status Approved | System MRT Stations 21 | |
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Locale Bangkok and Nonthaburi, Thailand Termini Nonthaburi Civic Center
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Taipei s first subway system built in 1996 the mrt brown line
The MRT Brown Line is a 22 km rapid transit line under preliminary study in Bangkok, Thailand. The line is proposed to run from Khae Rai, Nonthaburi to Bueng Kum, Minburi with 21 stations as a monorail.
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- Taipei s first subway system built in 1996 the mrt brown line
- Mrt brown line
- Route
- Progress
- Stations
- References
The line was proposed as the Gold Line by the Pheu Thai party for the Bangkok Governors election held in March 2013. This was in response to objections by Kasetsart University to long-proposed Expressway extensions. The line is an alternative to an elevated Expressway. However, the Pheu Thai candidate did not win the election and the Gold Line was dropped. The Deputy Minister of Transport stated that land appropriation costs were too high. Subsequently, OTP reworked the Gold Line proposal into a new Brown Line following a comparable route. As of June 2013 the route was under preliminary study by OTP.
This line is not the original 2004 13 km proposal from Bangkapi to Min Buri. This was subsequently merged in 2009 into an extended MRT Orange Line.
Mrt brown line
Route
The Brown Line was to start at Nonthaburi Civic Center and continue to Khae Rai and along Ngam Wong Wan road to Vihavadi-Rangsit road (interchange with SRT Dark Red Line) and continue east to Kaset. The Civic Center line would interchange with MRT Purple Line & MRT Pink Lines. Kaset would interchange with BTS Sukhumvit Line.
The line heads east along Prasote Manukit road (AKA Kaset-Namawin rd) past Chalong Rat Expressway (interchanging with the proposed Grey Line) to Namawin Rd. It continues south along Namawin Road and cuts through directly southeast from Namawin soi 30 junction to Seri Thai rd soi 35 junction. The line extends further southeast where it terminates at Ramkhamhaeng rd (soi 129/1 junction) to interchange with MRT Orange Line.
Progress
In August 2013, the MRTA approved the line in principle with a goal to complete design by 2016, followed by a 3-year construction period and a 2021 opening.
Stations
The 22 km Brown line will have 21 stations (plus 2 potential future stations):
Note: Station names are provisional.
Future Stations: