Strict requirements from the municipality must improve the quality of bus transport in Bangkok
The municipality of Bangkok (BMTA) will impose strict (environmental) requirements on companies that apply to operate bus lines. In this way, the municipality wants to improve the quality of bus transport.
A survey of city buses in Bangkok shows that most respondents are dissatisfied with the long waiting times, the age of the buses and the smelly black exhaust fumes.
My girlfriend is staying in a small room in Pattaya and she wants to travel to her parental home in Isaan. The long-distance buses are not running now because of the corona crisis. Does anyone know when they will run again?
The public transport company of Bangkok (BMTA) wants to renew its fleet. For example, 2.188 new buses must be installed that can offer passengers a better service.
The Ministry of Land Transport has invested 27,4 million baht to install a real-time information system at bus stations. The system is able to display the exact arrival times of all national buses.
The first hundred NGV buses, powered by natural gas, will start driving in Bangkok today. The Bangkok public transport company (BMTA) has purchased 489 of these buses, but they could run for more than a year due to a conflict with the importer.
New Year holidays: 16,5 million travelers by public transport
Public transport gets busy around the New Year holidays (December 30 to January 2). It is expected that 16,5 million people will travel by train or bus.
Public bus transport complaints: Many women are harassed
A survey by Super Poll shows that there is a lot wrong with public bus transport in Thailand, for example, 33 percent of female passengers are sexually harassed, such as being groped.
Another delay for new city buses: Customs seizes
Cheating with the import levy has caused another delay for the new city buses in Bangkok that run on natural gas.
Bus companies want to compete with low cost airlines
Good news for bus travelers in Thailand. Transport companies want to make bus transport competitive with respect to the so-called “low cost” airlines.
Prayut wants to get rid of dangerous double-decker buses
Prime Minister Prayut has issued a ban on the registration of new double-decker tour buses and announced stricter controls on passenger transport vehicles.
Reader question: Buses from Khon Kaen to Somdet
Hi, we are going to Thailand in December. We then fly with an afternoon flight to Khon Kaen and arrive in Khon Kaen around 18.00 pm. Now my question is whether anyone knows if I still get buses to Somdet in the evening, say to Kalasin, Sakonnakon.
From May 22, trains and buses in Bangkok will continue to run as normal. The directors of the Bangkok Railways and Bus Company expect that most workers will not heed the strike call from the government unions and the protest movement.
News from Thailand – April 10, 2014
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• XNUMX shellfish farms contaminated with leaked oil
• 'Prime Minister Yingluck is as innocent as a newborn child'
• Consumer Association: Bans double-decker buses on dangerous routes
News from Thailand – April 5, 2014
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• Another WWII bomb discovered, but it didn't explode prematurely
• Don't Miss: Three news items in separate posts
• Woman, who whistled for Prime Minister, slightly injured in shooting
News from Thailand – March 27, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Half of Thailand's 6.200 double-decker buses are unsafe
• Impeachment Senate President Nikhom one step closer
• Opposition leader Abhisit breaks collarbone (pathetic isn't it?)
Today in News from Thailand:
• Re-elections on April 20 and 27; government and Electoral Council disagree about KB
• Victim of the Victory Monument attack died
• Protest leader Sonthiyan is not released on bail