page_title: MRT (Bangkok)
section_title: Operation
hierarchical_section_title: MRT (Bangkok) / Operation
caption_attribution_description: English: Don't take photos and video in the Bangkok MRT station. バンコク地下鉄の駅構内で写真撮影やビデオ撮影をしていると、職員に注意されます。 BTSは禁止されていないので特に何も言われないのですがね。
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Rapid Transit or MRT is a mass rapid transit system serving the Bangkok Metropolitan Region in Thailand. The MRT system comprises two Medium-capacity rail system rail lines, with a further three lines currently under construction and due to open in 2021. The MRT Blue Line, officially the Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line, between Hua Lamphong and Bang Sue was the first to open in 2004 as Bangkok's second metro system. The MRT Blue line is officially known in Thai as rotfaifa mahanakhon or "metropolitan electric train", but it is more commonly called rotfai taidin, literally, "underground train".
  The second MRT line MRT Purple Line, officially the Chalong Ratchadham Line, opened on 6 August 2016 and connected Tao Poon with Khlong Bang Phai in Nonthaburi in the northwest of Greater Bangkok. It was the first mass transit line to extend outside Bangkok province, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
  Both the Blue Line and Purple Line are operated by the Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited under a concession granted by the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand which is the owner of the MRT lines.
context_section_description: Considering that Bangkok is a low-lying plain which is prone to flooding, all of the Metro's station entrances are raised about one metre above the ground level and are equipped with built-in floodgates in order to avoid water inundating the system. Lifts and ramps are found at all stations, providing easy access for passengers in wheelchairs. Stations have multiple passageways (generally four) which allow passengers to connect to any corner of the adjacent surface intersection. Passageways between exits are very spacious and some are beginning to open as malls. Maps depicting the local area and exit points are posted on the walls on the way out.
  Due to safety considerations, platform screen doors are installed. Uniformed security personnel and security cameras are present at all platforms. Currently 19 three-car metro trains, of the Siemens Modular Metro type, are used. Each metro train consists of two motor cars and a centre trailer car.
caption: Sign indicating prohibitions in the MRT system
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