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Bus crash kills drivers, 44 passengers hurt
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 19/03/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The two drivers on a long-haul bus were killed and 44 passengers injured when it hit a steel support for a road sign in Muang district early Tuesday morning.
City Hall will prop up Bus Rapid Transit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will continue the city's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service when the concession granted to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), a private operator of the service, ends on Aug 31.
Yellow Line monorail service gets positive reviews
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/06/2023
» Commuters were thrilled to join the first Yellow Line monorail trial run on Saturday. Many had flocked to Samrong station in Samut Prakan since 9am.
Push on for rail 'missing link'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/05/2023
» Pressure is mounting on the operators of Bangkok's Green and Yellow lines to construct a 2.6-kilometre missing link between the two electric train systems to make it easier for commuters to change lines at Ratchayothin and Lat Phrao stations.
Transport Co to lease out some of its real estate assets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2023
» The state-run bus operator, Transport Co Ltd, is planning to lease out some of its real estate assets in Bangkok and Chon Buri in a bid to generate more income for the company, its managing director Sanyalak Panwattanalikhit said on Wednesday.
Loss-making projects face BMA review
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/01/2023
» City Hall will review three projects approved by past administrations which have been incurring heavy losses in an effort to make them more profitable, said deputy Bangkok governor Wisanu Subsompon.
Embittered Thai craft beer brewers plead for justice
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 04/01/2023
» With the onerous liquor laws that have let just a few large breweries dominate the market and have forbidden entry by small-scale newcomers for decades, Chiang Mai native Saksit Sanguanphon was forced to fulfil his dream to produce his own artisanal craft beer somewhere else. He went to Laos.
Striving towards Leading Sustainable Mobility Provider
Published on 20/12/2022
» Bridgestone Sales (Thailand) Co., Ltd., the leading distributor of passenger and commercial tyres that has stayed alongside Thai transport operators for a long time, joined Nex Point PCL. (NEX), the electric vehicle manufacturer of buses to deliver the latest model of Chula EV Shuttle Buses or “Chula EV Pop Buses” service for students, professors, and staff covering the entire area of Chulalongkorn University. Bridgestone provided BRIDGESTONE ECOPIA R156 tyres for the buses, following Chulalongkorn University initiative in sustainable mobility.
Fast and furious no more? Bangkok's infamous No.8 bus
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» A "Pink Devil" roars down Bangkok's busy streets, furiously overtaking tuk-tuks, cars and motorbikes, narrowly avoiding a collision as it slows to allow passengers to scramble on before veering back into the capital's hectic traffic. Welcome aboard the No.8 bus.
City to revamp rapid bus service
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/08/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will revise the management of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, which has been underused and has made an operating loss of over 1 billion baht since its launch in 2007.