Free shuttle bus service is provided for passengers
and airport staff. Expess route connects the main terminal
directly to the transport center. Ordinary route connects
to other airport facilities. For passenger convenience shuttle
buses serving Suvarnabhumi airport are low-floor type.
Suvarnabhumi Airport is located on a 3,100
ha site in the Samut Prakarn province of Thailand at Nong
Ngu Hao (Nongnughao translated as Cobra Swamp), 30km east
of Bangkok. Road access to the new airport will be provided
by a series of new highways connected to Bangkok's existing
outer ring road. The main access road is an elevated 2 x
5 lane road that leads from the passenger terminal through
the northern part of the site to the new Bangkok–Chonburi
highway.
The construction of the City Airport Terminal
in Makkasan and a 28.6 km high-speed rail link to the new
airport started in July 2005 and are planned for completion
in November 2007. The airport express, informally known
as the Pink Line and operated jointly with SRT's planned
Red Line commuter service, will connect with the BTS Sukhumvit
Line and MRT Blue Line at Phaya Thai and Phetchaburi stations
respectively, offering airport-bound passengers a fast 15-minute
limited stop journey from the city.
