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Month: June 2020

BTS Sukhumvit Line extended from Kasetsart University Station to Wat Phra Sri Mahathat Station

横山 勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi
BTS Sukhumvit Line extended from Kasetsart University Station to Wat Phra Sri Mahathat Station

BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit Line (รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส สายสุขุมวิท) in Bangkok metropolitan expanded northward from the current terminus – Kasetsart University Station to Wat Phra Sri Mahathat Station on June 4, 2020. The following 4 new stations are included in this section. Royal Forest Department Station (กรมป่าไม้, N14) Bang Bua Station (บางบัว, N15) 11th Infantry Regiment Station (กรมทหารราบที่ 11, N16) Wat Phra Sri Mahathat Station (วัดพระศรีมหาธาตุ, N17)

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Hokushin Kyūkō Railway was municipalized and started operating as the Kobe City Subway Hokushin Line

横山 勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi
Hokushin Kyūkō Railway was municipalized and started operating as the Kobe City Subway Hokushin Line

The Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau took over the Hokushin Kyūkō Line (北神急行線, between Tanigami <谷上> and Shin-Kōbe <新神戸> Stations) that was operated by the private company Hokushin Kyūkō Railway from the Hankyu Railway Group, and started business as the Kobe Subway Hokushin Line (神戸市営地下鉄北神線) on June 1, 2020. As before, the trains will continue to run from Tanigami Station to Seishin-chūō Station on the Seishin-Yamate Line. This is the first case in Japan that a private railway has been municipalized. Fares have been reduced across all lines, for example, the normal fare from Tanigami Station to Sannomiya Station was revised from 550 yen to 280 yen, which is about half…

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