Mochit Bus terminal to be relocated within one year

It was announced last Thursday, Bangkok Mo Chit Bus Terminal will be moved in 2014 to make way for construction of a depot for the Red Line mass transit system. This will probably be also an opportunity to increase its capacity. We hope that the new location will be easily accessible by BTS or MRT , the two subway systems in Bangkok but by looking at the four selected locations, this may not be the case…

Mo Chit bus terminal will be moved in 2014

It is currently from Mochit that depart buses to the Northern and Northeastern provinces of Thailand. Transportation Co., the public bus company in Thailand is not the owner of the land where the current terminal is built, it is property of SRT (State Railway of Thailand) and it now wants it back . The Railway company plans to turn it into a depot for the Red Line which will connect Bang Sue to Rangsit and whose construction has already begun. Four locations are being considered to relocate the terminal, the cargo area of ​ Don Muang airport, Rangsit , an area of ​​Rangsit – Nakhon Nayok Road and Muang Thong Thani. The budget for this relocation is estimated to be around 3 billion baht. Transport Co. wants this time to buy the land in order to no longer face the same situation. Details of the project are scheduled to be finalized by the end of September. We will keep you informed as soon as the new location will announced and already start to cross fingers hoping the new location to be easily accessible by public transportation ! But this is probably the red line currently under construction that will get there. If Rangsit is chosen. Otherwise we will have to take the bus or the train if the bus terminal is moved to Don Muang airport, the best choice for us because it would facilitate connections between internal flights and buses to the North of thailand (depending on the airline you take). To be continued…