Thai expressway system
Expressway in Bangkok
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Native name
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การทางพิเศษแห่งประเทศไทย |
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Romanized name
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kan thang phiset haeng prathet thai |
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| Industry | Greater Bangkok expressways |
| Founded | November 27, 1972 in Bangkok, Thailand |
| Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Revenue | 16,060 million baht (2015) |
| Total assets | 180,696 million baht (2015) |
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Number of employees
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4,701 regular, 625 temporary (2015) |
| Parent | Ministry of Transport |
| Website | www |
The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Thai: การทางพิเศษแห่งประเทศไทย) (EXAT) is a state enterprise under the Ministry of Transport. 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.
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. In 2013 the system served 594 million cars.
The constituent expressway systems are (in order of completion):
Fiscal year 2015 (year ending 30 September 2015) revenues were 16,060 million baht on total assets of 180,696 million baht. It employed 4,701 regular and 625 temporary employees in FY2015. EXAT's top seven executives were remunerated 12.9 million baht total in FY2015.
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