No Blue Line train services to Queen Sirikit Convention Centre station during Apec Summit
The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will close services of its Blue Line railway to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC) station during the Apec Summit next week, it announced on Wednesday.
The MRTA said on its website that the Blue Line electric train will not stop at the QSNCC station from 12.01am on November 16 until 6pm on November 19, as part of security measures during the summit in Bangkok.
It said the closure of the QSNCC station was part of resolutions of the subcommittee in charge of keeping security and management of traffic in Bangkok during the summit.
The MRTA said commuters using the Blue Line train can board and leave the trains at all other stations as usual.
Passengers who want to enter the area near the QSNCC can use shuttle buses on Ratchadapisek Road to be provided by the Foreign Ministry during the period, the MRTA announced.
It said the shuttle buses will halt at four spots:
- In front of Modena by Fraser Bangkok Hotel
- Bus stop in front of FYI Centre building
- In front of QSNCC
- In front of Exchange Tower Building.
Passengers of electric trains can park their cars at other nearby car parks of the MRTA, such as the car park at the Phetchaburi station, and the car park at the Samyan station, the MRTA added.
The MRTA added that it has instructed Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc, the concessionaire of the Blue Line and Purple Line trains, to get ready to cope with overwhelming number of passengers during the period – especially at Lak Song, Hua Lamphong, Silom, Sukhumvit, Chatuchak, Bang Sue, Tao Poon and Bang Yai stations.
