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Van drivers snub move order
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 02/07/2014
» Passenger van drivers have mostly ignored an order to relocate to a new parking site near Makkasan Airport Rail Link station, insisting the junta's plan is impractical.
Repeat traffic violators face driving bans
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 26/06/2014
» Public vehicle drivers who commit repeat traffic infractions risk having their licence revoked under new Land Transport Department regulations.
SRT: Makkasan can't be used for vans
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 19/06/2014
» An area of land near the Makkasan Airport Rail Link station is reserved for commercial development to help clear 80 billion in debt owed to the Finance Ministry, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor said Thursday, and could not be used as a passenger van hub as suggested by the junta.
Protesters 'paid' to quit rallies
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 24/05/2014
» All political protesters at rally sites across Bangkok were sent home between Thursday and yesterday, each with an extra 250 baht of cash in hand.
Workers warned of 'five hour' shutdown commute
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 10/01/2014
» Commuters travelling into Bangkok on Monday are being urged to leave home several hours early in light of anti-government demonstrations that promise to gridlock the capital's main thoroughfares, caretaker Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt said on Friday.
BTS blames chaos on tech fault
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 25/12/2013
» The biggest disruption to skytrain service in 14 years yesterday morning had noting to do with the current political conflict, the skytrain operator's top executive said.
Extra trains and buses to Hua Hin
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 04/12/2013
» The Transport Ministry is arranging special trains and buses to transport people to Hua Hin to celebrate His Majesty the King’s birthday in the seaside town.
Paradorn keeping ISA in check
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 06/11/2013
» The Internal Security Act's (ISA) scope will not be widened for now as anti-amnesty bill protests in the capital are still non-violent, National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanatabut says.
Chadchart rides a rough and tumble bus
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 17/08/2013
» First-hand information is the logical way to go when someone wants to make a serious attempt to tackle a problem. And that is just what Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt decided upon in his efforts to improve Bangkok's oft-maligned public transport system.