Expressway Authority of Thailand
Thai state enterprise under the Ministry of Transport From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thai state enterprise under the Ministry of Transport From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Thai: การทางพิเศษแห่งประเทศไทย) (EXAT) is a state enterprise under the Ministry of Transport.[1] It was founded in 1972, and operates Thailand's expressway (ทางพิเศษ thang phiset) system, which refers to (usually elevated) high-capacity controlled-access highways serving the Greater Bangkok area and some nearby provinces.
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Native name | การทางพิเศษแห่งประเทศไทย |
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Romanized name | kan thang phiset haeng prathet thai |
Company type | State enterprise |
Industry | Greater Bangkok expressways |
Founded | November 27, 1972 in Bangkok, Thailand |
Headquarters | 111 Rimklong Bangkapi Rd., Bangkapi, Huai Kwang, Bangkok , Thailand |
Key people | Surachet Laophulsuk (Governor) |
Revenue | 16,060 million baht (2015) |
Total assets | 180,696 million baht (2015) |
Number of employees |
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Parent | Ministry of Transport |
Website | www |
EXAT does not operate the separate Thai motorway network, which covers intercity controlled-access highways.
First opened in 1981, the system currently (2015) consists of seven expressways and four expressway links adding up to a total distance of 207.9 kilometres (129.2 mi), unchanged since FY2012.[2][3]: 72 [needs update] In 2013 the system served 594 million cars.[4]
The constituent expressway systems are (in order of completion):[5]
Fiscal year 2015 (year ending 30 September 2015) revenues were 16,060 million baht on total assets of 180,696 million baht.[3]: 4 It employed 4,701 regular and 625 temporary employees in FY2015.[3]: 19 EXAT's top seven executives were remunerated 12.9 million baht total in FY2015.[3]: 29
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