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title: "40-baht day fare on the Red and Purple Lines may run to the end of 2027"
description: "The Transport Ministry will ask the cabinet to keep the 40-baht all-day cap on the Red, Light Red and Purple Lines for another year; the current promotion ends on 30 November 2026."
url: https://bestofthailand.org/news/b40-day-fare-red-purple-lines-extension-2027
locale: en
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# 40-baht day fare on the Red and Purple Lines may run to the end of 2027

Transport · October 25, 2026

[By Cesar Rodriguez](https://bestofthailand.org/author)Updated 25 October 2026

The Transport Ministry will ask the cabinet to keep the 40-baht all-day cap on the Red, Light Red and Purple Lines for another year; the current promotion ends on 30 November 2026.

![40-baht day fare on the Red and Purple Lines may run to the end of 2027](https://bestofthailand.org/images/news-transport.jpg)

The 40-baht daily cap on the SRT Red and Light Red Lines and the MRTA Purple Line started on 1 December 2025 for 12 months and is due to end on 30 November 2026. On 25 October 2026 a government spokeswoman said the Transport Ministry has agreed to keep it until the end of 2027, but the extension still needs cabinet approval and no meeting date has been given.

The cap only works if you tap in with a contactless Visa or Mastercard, or a Mangmoom card. You pay the normal fare per ride and the difference above 40 baht for the day is refunded to the card afterwards.

Ridership rose sharply under the cap: by the end of August 2026 the Red and Light Red Lines carried 9,460 passengers a day (up 89%) and the Purple Line 27,653 (up 135%).

Source: [Bangkok Post](https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3343279/b40day-fare-on-red-purple-lines-likely-to-be-extended). Summary written by Best of Thailand; read the original for the full report.

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