BANGKOK, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Bangkok's BTS skytrain system conducted a trial run on a stretch of its northern extension route on Monday.
The BTS Green Line extension route between Mor Chit station and Lard Prao Intersection station is scheduled to open for daily commuters on Aug. 11, confirmed Surapong Laoha-unya, director of Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co., which runs the BTS skytrain system.
In the meantime, BTS will conduct trial runs on daily basis between the two stations for a one-month time during which passengers are provided free rides.
The Green Line northern stretch is primarily designed to alleviate congestion of an estimated 40,000 daily commuters at Mor Chit station.
It is designed to be stretched further north from Mor Chit station to Kaset Intersection station passing Lard Prao Intersection station within this year and then to Khu Khot station in Pathum Thani province by the end of next year, according to the BTS Co. president.
The BTS skytrain fare from Bang Wa station in the Thonburi side of Bangkok to Khu Kot station would be in a maximum of 65 baht (about 2.10 U.S. dollars), he said.
