Bangkok's overhead Skytrain closed down on Saturday because of "red shirt" protests and roads leading to a downtown protest centre were blocked by authorities with buses, a company official and ...

Thailand's BTS Group Holdings is planning to raise up to $2.1 billion in an initial public offering of its skytrain business, which is set to be Asia's biggest IPO so far this year.

Fifteen years after traffic-clogged Bangkok abandoned its first attempt at building an elevated train line during the Asian financial crisis, Thai infrastructure is back on investors’ radar.

BANGKOK: The Thai operator of Bangkok’s SkyTrain system said yesterday that it had raised $2.1bn in one of the biggest initial public offerings (IPOs) worldwide this year.