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The Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link (Thai: รถไฟฟ้าเชื่อมท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ, แอร์พอร์ตลิงก์...

The Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link (Thai: รถไฟฟ้าเชื่อมท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ, แอร์พอร์ตลิงก์ Airport Link) or SARL, is a rapid transit line under construction in Bangkok, Thailand. When completed, the line will provide as an airport rail link from Suvarnabhumi Airport to a City Air Terminal at Makkasan in central Bangkok. Most of the line is on a viaduct over the main Eastern Railway. It is owned and will be operated by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). As of November 2009, construction work on the line has been completed, and the line is expected to open to the public in April 2010. The 28.6-km route will be the fourth rapid transit line in Bangkok, after 2 BTS and 1 MRT lines. It serves both Express Line, non-stop service between City Air Terminal and the airport with only 15 minutes journey, and City Line, commuter rail with 8 stations for people in eastern suburban area of Bangkok. The key airport link contract was signed in January 2005, and construction began in July 2005. The line is built by a consortium of B Grimm, STECON and Siemens, and is owned and operated by State Railway of Thailand (SRT). The estimated cost of the project is 25.9 billion baht. The line is built