Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited
To become a leading, fully-integrated transportation service provider in Thailand and ASEAN.
Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM) is the result of the Amalgamation between BECL and BMCL on 30 December 2015
The Company is primarily engaged in the concession businesses for management and provision of the expressway and the rail mass rapid transit system services, including commercial development relating to the expressway and metro systems, which are cornerstones for business expansion through future extension of the routes and the service network, both in the expressway and the rail mass rapid transit systems, thereby enabling the Company to be a leading mass rapid transit and transportation service operator in Thailand and in the region. The Company’s overall businesses are divided into three main sectors, as follows :
BEM and one of its subsidiaries, i.e., Northern Bangkok Expressway Company Limited (“NECL”), have been granted concessions for construction and operation of a total of three expressways, namely, the Si Rat Expressway (Sector AB, C and D), The Prachim Ratthaya Expressway, and the Udon Ratthaya Expressway, as per the following details:
| Expressway System | Length (km.) |
|---|---|
| 1. Chalerm Mahanakorn Expressway (First Stage Expressway) (Bang Na - Din Daeng - Dao Khanong) | 27.1 |
| 2. Si Rat Expressway (Second Stage Expressway) 1. Urban Network (Sector AB) (Prachachuen – Phayathai – Bangkhlo – Asoke) 2. Suburban Network (Sector C) (Prachachuen – Chaeng Watthana) 3. Suburban Network (Sector D) (Rama – Srinagarindra) |
38.5 |
| 3. Udon Ratthaya Expressway (Bang Pa-in - Pak Kret) | 32.0 |
| 4. Prachim Ratthaya Expressway | 16.7 |
| 5. Uttaraphimuk Elevated Way (Don Muang Tollway) | 28.0 |
| 6. Chalong Rat Expressway including its Extension (Ramindra - At Narong and Ramindra - Outer Ring Road) | 32.9 |
| 7. Burapha Withi Expressway (Bang Na - Chonburi) | 55.0 |
| 8. Kanjanapisek Expressway (Bang Pli - Suksawad) and Highway No. 37 (Suksawad - Bang Khun Thien Section) including a connecting road to Bhumibol Bridge 1 and Bhumibol Bridge 2 | 37.8 |
| Total Length | 268.0 |
The Company has been granted concessions for two mass rapid transit rail system projects by the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), as per the following details:
- The M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line Project (“MRT Blue Line Project”): is consisted of Hua Lamphong-Bang Sue Section (the existing MRT Blue Line), and Hua Lamphong-Bang Khae Section, Bang Sue-Tha Phra Section (the MRT Blue Line Extension), per the details below:
- Hua Lamphong - Bang Sue Section (the existing MRT Blue Line), the first underground metro system of Thailand, covering the distance of 20 kilometers, with 18 stations, which was opened for service on July 3, 2004. The Company is entitled to farebox revenue as well as undertaking activities and commercial development, including advertising, leasing space and telecommunications services in the metro stations and trains.
- Hua Lamphong - Bang Khae Section and Bang Sue - Tha Phra Section (the MRT Blue Line Extension), the underground and elevated route, with a total of 20 stations, divided into 4 underground stations and 16 elevated stations, having a connection with the M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line Project (the existing MRT Blue Line) at Hua Lamphong Station and Bang Sue Station, as well as connecting with the M.R.T. Chalong Ratchadham Line Project (MRT Purple Line) at Tao Poon Station.
- The M.R.T. Chalong Ratchadham Line Project (“MRT Purple Line Project”), Bang Yai - Bang Sue Section (Khlong Bang Phai Station - Tao Poon Station), covering a distance of 23 kilometers, with a total of 16 elevated stations, where Tao Poon Station is located as an interchange station with Bang Sue Station of the M.R.T. Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line (MRT Blue Line), which would make it possible for passengers’ interchange from the MRT Purple Line to the MRT Blue Line at Tao Poon Station, which in the future, would be connected with the MRT Purple Line (Tao Poon - Rat Burana Section).
The Company has carried out commercial development in relation to the expressway system by allowing the private entities and individuals to use the space for commercial operations in the vicinity of the expressway system for installing Intelligent Traffic Signs and advertising boards in various forms and for installing shops in the areas of toll plazas and engaging in other business.
