The Mangmoom Card (Thai for "spider") is a planned

stored-value card A stored-value card (SVC) is a payment card with a monetary value stored on the card itself, not in an external account maintained by a financial institution. This means no network access is required by the payment collection terminals as funds ...

for rapid transit systems in

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. Currently, many commuters carry multiple cards, since the existing

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only works on the

BTS Skytrain The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain ( th, รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส '' TS'), is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTSC), a ...

and

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, while the MRT Plus card works on the

MRT Blue Line The MRT Blue Line ( th, รถไฟฟ้า สายสีน้ำเงิน) or MRT Chaloem Ratchamongkon Line ( th, รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายเฉลิมรัชมงคล) is Bangkok's third rapid transit li ...

and

MRT Purple Line The MRT Purple line ( th, รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายสีม่วง) or MRT Chalong Ratchatham line ( th, รถไฟฟ้ามหานคร สายฉลองรัชธรรม) is Bangkok's fifth rapid tra ...

. The card was initially planned to launch in August 2016 but was delayed until at least 2018 as the

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required more time to integrate the ticketing systems of the different rail networks. In November 2016, Transport Minister

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announced the card would be available to use on the Skytrain, MRT, and Airport Rail Link by the middle of 2017. In April 2017, it was announced that the MRTA would act as a central

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for the ticketing system, with the Airport Rail Link and some electric rail services joining by mid-2017, buses and the MRT Purple line joining by October 2017, and the BTS Skytrain and MRT Blue Line later. In October 2017, it was announced that the card was again delayed to mid-2018 and will only work with buses and the Airport Rail Link at launch. In June 2018, it was announced the card would finally launch on the 23rd of that month, with 200,000 cards issued to the public, and would only work on the MRT Blue Line and MRT Purple Line at launch, with the Airport Rail Link to be added by October. In September 2018, it was announced that compatibility with the Airport Rail Link would be delayed until the end of 2018, and BMTA buses would be delayed until March 2019.

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{{Public transport in Bangkok Contactless smart cards Transport in Bangkok

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