Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link to Open Soon!

The Rail Link connects Suvarnabhumi International Airport and the City Air Terminal (CAT) in Bangkok's Makkasan area, where passengers will be able to check in their baggage. Both services of the Express Service and the City Line will be operated on the same tracks at speeds of up to 160 km per hour. 

At Makkasan Station, 28 check-in counters will be in service, with four counters reserved for large baggage.

The baggage transfer system will be capable of taking up to 300 pieces per hour.

The Airport Link to Suvarnabhumi Airport will provide 2 transit options:

• Direct Express Train (SA Express): that will take 15 minutes non-stop to and from the City Air Terminal. The fare will be 150 Baht per trip. This will connect to the city's mass transit subway system. Passengers will have the opportunity of checking in their luggage at the City Air Termina before boarding the express train to Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
• The Commuter Train (SA City Line): will make eight stops at the Phaya Thai, Ratchaprarop, Makkasan, Asoke, Ramkhamhaeng, Hua Mak, Ban Thap Chang, and Lat Krabang Stations, taking 30 minutes to travel the 28 kilometres (17 miles) to the airport and linking with both the Subway (at the Phetchaburi station for the Blue line) and Skytrain systems (Phayathai Station for the BTS Sukhumvit line). The fares will be Bt15-45.

SRT expects to serve up to 50,000 commuters daily. According to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), the Airport Link's full-scale commercial operations are expected in April this year if independent engineers can certify all rail equipment within three months. If not, the full service may be postponed to August.

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