Engineering service provider Egis, with its local partner Team Consult, has secured a contract for the Bangkok metro’s ‘Pink Line’ in Thailand.

Egis will work as a project consultant for the THB53.5bn (nearly €1.3bn) Pink Line Monorail project for a three-year period as part of the deal.

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The Pink Line will be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) and has been conceived as part of the ‘Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan’ (M-MAP), which aims to improve the public transport network across the Bangkok metropolitan region.

"Egis will work as a project consultant for the THB53.5bn (nearly €1.3bn) Pink Line Monorail project for a three-year period as part of the deal."

The 34.5km-long Pink Line is slated to run between the north-western province of Nonthaburi and Bangkok.

It will also offer connections with the Dark Red railway line, the Purple and Orange metro lines and the elevated Sukhumvit Line, which forms part of the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BMTS).

The Pink Line is scheduled to receive 42 Bombardier trains that will be capable of operating at a maximum commercial speed of 80km/h.

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The overall project contract was awarded by the Thai Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) to a joint venture (JV) known as BSR, comprising BTS Group, Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding.

It covers the construction of infrastructure as well as the supply and installation of all related systems, including rolling stock.

BSR will also manage operations and maintenance along the line, while the TEAM Group / Egis consortium will be responsible for project management and construction supervision relating to the network.

Furthermore, the contract specifically assigns Egis the responsibility of reviewing designs and supervising manufacturing, as well as installing and testing all the systems, including the monorail supplied by Bombardier, until the commencement of commercial service.