Event Update: Airport Link to start commercial operation Aug 23

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Originally Posted by PPeter

What I found on thaivisa.com:
The road system around the Makkasan Station has not been expanded to accommodate more future traffic. Those who regularly pass through the area, especially during rush hours and on rainy days, would know well how terrible the traffic can be.

Whoever is thinking about boarding the Airport Link train at the Makasan Station to Suvarnabhumi Airport should give it a second thought, because they could miss their flights. If anything, using the motorway could be a better choice.

I pass by Makasan often and I agree. The traffic at Asoke, Petchaburi junction is a nightmare during peak hours.

Originally Posted by Betti

the Makkasan terminal is a disgrace, building rubble is still around, dirty windows. the way to the metro is clearly marked, however, there is no underpass or anything. people are expected to drag luggage through more rubble, across a street without traffic lights, which is now closed because of the construction but will likely reopen and there is no underpass. it is one stop by metro to the BTS (Asok). there are also taxis around.
from the map, it is the Phayathai (slow train) terminal that has a direct BTS connection, so the businessman at the airport was given wrong info.

I passed by Makkasan terminal last night at around 9pm and the construction was still going on. You can see bright welding lights and hear sound of construction. I believe the nearest station to Makkasan should be Petchchaburi MRT. Not Asoke Skytrain. I think they are still building a linkway to the Petchaburi MRT station at this moment.

[Betti]

even if they are, my friend told me he saw no signs about that. which means a first-timer would have no clue which way to go. (I am only familiar with this area from maps so I have no idea but he knows BKK well.)