Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) | |
Native Name: | การทางพิเศษแห่งประเทศไทย |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Romanized Name: | kan thang phiset haeng prathet thai |
Type: | State enterprise |
Industry: | Greater Bangkok expressways |
Successors: | --> |
Founded: | in Bangkok, Thailand |
Founders: | --> |
Hq Location: | 111 Rimklong Bangkapi Rd., Bangkapi, Huai Kwang |
Hq Location City: | Bangkok |
Hq Location Country: | Thailand |
Key People: | Surachet Laophulsuk (Governor) |
Revenue: | 16,060 million baht |
Revenue Year: | 2015 |
Assets: | 180,696 million baht |
Assets Year: | 2015 |
Owners: | --> |
Num Employees Year: | 2015 |
Parent: | Ministry of Transport |
Slogans: | --> |
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 (Thai: ทางพิเศษ thang phiset) system, which refers to (usually elevated) high-capacity controlled-access highways serving the Greater Bangkok area and some nearby provinces.
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, unchanged since FY2012.[2] In 2013 the system served 594 million cars.[3]
The constituent expressway systems are (in order of completion):[4]
Fiscal year 2015 (year ending 30 September 2015) revenues were 16,060 million baht on total assets of 180,696 million baht.[5] 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.