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Phuket Island light rail transit
The Phuket Island Light Rail Transit project is a planned 58.6-kilometre (36.4 mi) MRTA light rail transit system for Phuket and Phang Nga provinces in Thailand. The line will consist of 24 stations running from Takua Thung District in Phang Nga Province to Phuket City and terminating at Chalong intersection. The line will have at-grade and elevated sections. The cost of the project is estimated at 35 billion baht (approximately US$1.1 billion).
Phase one will connect Phuket International Airport to Chalong with 21 stations and be 41.7 kilometres (25.9 mi) long. The second phase will extend the line 16.8 km (10.4 mi) north from Thalang station to Takua Thung District in order to connect with a proposed Surat Thani-Phang Nga Province SRT intercity railway line.
The project was planned to be tendered in late 2019, with construction starting in 2020 for a scheduled 2024 opening of Phase 1. However, in August 2020, during a public meeting in Phuket town, the MRTA Assistant Governor Sarot Torsuwan stated that the project would be tendered as a PPP (Public–Private Partnership) project in 2022. The change to a PPP tender process would require a new study by the MRTA and a new EIA, with the Cabinet expected to consider the study in October 2021.
In mid May 2021, the Transport Minister ordered the MRTA to consider an automatic BRT style line with a view to reduce the total project cost by just over 15 billion baht. Additionally, the Minister suggested delaying the project until 2030 to minimise overall traffic disruption on Phuket due to the planned construction of the Patong Tunnel which is due to be completed by 2028.
The LRT line will run along a north-south axis of Phuket Island. The planned route stretches for 58.6 km (36.4 mi) from Takua Thung in Phang Nga Province to Chalong via Phuket town. Phase one will connect Phuket International Airport with Chalong. It will consist of 21 stations and be 41.7km long.
The second phase will run for a distance of 16.8 km (10.4 mi) from Thalang (S02) north across the Phuket bridge to Takua Thung District and have three stations.
The original plan for mass transit on Phuket Island was first proposed in 2005. However, it was not until 2010 that the Phuket governor proposed a heavy rail metro idea as a requirement for the island to meet increasing tourism and local transport demands. By mid-2014, the project had evolved into a planned light rail line of nearly 60 km in length running from the north of the island to the south. The Ministry of Transport approved the project in principle in November 2015 at an estimated cost of 23.5 billion baht. Public meetings were held in February 2017 seeking feedback and comments from the public into the project.
In April 2017, it was announced that the MRTA had approved the Ministry of Transport's Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) design of the project with a view to seeking cabinet approval in 2018. Cabinet approval was granted on 11 September 2018.
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Phuket Island light rail transit
The Phuket Island Light Rail Transit project is a planned 58.6-kilometre (36.4 mi) MRTA light rail transit system for Phuket and Phang Nga provinces in Thailand. The line will consist of 24 stations running from Takua Thung District in Phang Nga Province to Phuket City and terminating at Chalong intersection. The line will have at-grade and elevated sections. The cost of the project is estimated at 35 billion baht (approximately US$1.1 billion).
Phase one will connect Phuket International Airport to Chalong with 21 stations and be 41.7 kilometres (25.9 mi) long. The second phase will extend the line 16.8 km (10.4 mi) north from Thalang station to Takua Thung District in order to connect with a proposed Surat Thani-Phang Nga Province SRT intercity railway line.
The project was planned to be tendered in late 2019, with construction starting in 2020 for a scheduled 2024 opening of Phase 1. However, in August 2020, during a public meeting in Phuket town, the MRTA Assistant Governor Sarot Torsuwan stated that the project would be tendered as a PPP (Public–Private Partnership) project in 2022. The change to a PPP tender process would require a new study by the MRTA and a new EIA, with the Cabinet expected to consider the study in October 2021.
In mid May 2021, the Transport Minister ordered the MRTA to consider an automatic BRT style line with a view to reduce the total project cost by just over 15 billion baht. Additionally, the Minister suggested delaying the project until 2030 to minimise overall traffic disruption on Phuket due to the planned construction of the Patong Tunnel which is due to be completed by 2028.
The LRT line will run along a north-south axis of Phuket Island. The planned route stretches for 58.6 km (36.4 mi) from Takua Thung in Phang Nga Province to Chalong via Phuket town. Phase one will connect Phuket International Airport with Chalong. It will consist of 21 stations and be 41.7km long.
The second phase will run for a distance of 16.8 km (10.4 mi) from Thalang (S02) north across the Phuket bridge to Takua Thung District and have three stations.
The original plan for mass transit on Phuket Island was first proposed in 2005. However, it was not until 2010 that the Phuket governor proposed a heavy rail metro idea as a requirement for the island to meet increasing tourism and local transport demands. By mid-2014, the project had evolved into a planned light rail line of nearly 60 km in length running from the north of the island to the south. The Ministry of Transport approved the project in principle in November 2015 at an estimated cost of 23.5 billion baht. Public meetings were held in February 2017 seeking feedback and comments from the public into the project.
In April 2017, it was announced that the MRTA had approved the Ministry of Transport's Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) design of the project with a view to seeking cabinet approval in 2018. Cabinet approval was granted on 11 September 2018.