Mr.Maitree said the purple line and a section of the Red route from Bang Sue to Taling Chan would be the first to be built because the study and design of the two routes were already complete.
According to Adm Theera, Gen Sarayud stressed that the project implementation manner. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said that finishing railway designs before inviting bids would be an effective way to prevent corruption in the Multi-billion-bath railway project.
If the public do not oppose the five railway lines,Pridiyathorn said the terms of referenae and other bidding document shoud be available for interested parties by March. the goverment also approved a budget for the feasibility studies and designs of the other railway lines.
The Mass Rapid Transit Authority is responsible for the designs of the purple and the blue lines, The State Railway of Thailand for the Red line and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is in charge of both the light and dark Green routes.