Lavalin Skytrain

Lavalin Skytrain
Overview
OwnerLavalin (cancelled)
LocaleBangkok, Thailand
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines3 (cancelled)
Operation
Operator(s)Lavalin (cancelled)
Technical
System length61 mi (98 km)

Lavalin Skytrain (Thai: โครงการรถไฟฟ้าลาวาลิน) is a cancelled rapid transit in Bangkok, planned since 1984 during Prem Tinsulanonda reign as prime minister. It was to have been operated by Lavalin (SNC-Lavalin), a Canadian firm. Lavalin built the Skytrain system in Vancouver, Canada and two short lines in Toronto and Detroit. Japan built three all-underground lines: Osaka (15 km), Tokyo (43 km) and Kobe (8 km). Bombardier Inc., successor of Lavalin, eventually landed an order in Kuala Lumpur, a 29 km line.

Three initial lines were planned:[1]

The depot was in the Huai Khwang District, near the present-day (2018) MRT Blue Line depot.

The Lavalin Skytrain was canceled during the administration of Anand Panyarachun. The Thai newspaper Daily News claimed that the project was abandoned because Lavalin could not come up with the financing, but nearly all international media sources cited "political interference" as the reason the contract was terminated by the new government in 1992.[1]

Map of the system

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Lavalin Skytrain". 2Bangkok.com. 2003-07-19. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Phra Pokklao Skypark plans announced". 19 December 2016.
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