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200,000 claim for skytrain delays
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/07/2018
» About half of the BTS commuters affected by train delays from June 25 to 27 have claimed compensation, according to the skytrain operator, Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC).
Three years of traffic jams expected
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/08/2018
» Commuters who rely on Lat Phrao Road in Bangkok are set for three more years of even heavier congestion as police ramp up traffic diversions from Wednesday to make way for construction of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand's (MRTA) Yellow Line monorail.
BTS apolgises for train door opening in transit
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/08/2018
» Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) apologised Friday after a door of one of its BTS Skytrains opened while the train was in motion between stations on Thursday.
Bangkok to use more police as traffic worsens
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/08/2018
» The Royal Thai Police have instructed traffic police across metropolitan Bangkok to help coordinate traffic flow to alleviate heavy traffic jams across the capital caused by the construction of the mass-transit system and heavy rains.
MRT allowed to go to Chiang Mai, Phangnga, Phuket
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/09/2018
» Bangkok’s subway operator has been allowed to invest in and run two light rail projects in Chiang Mai, Phangnga and Phuket worth a combined 52 billion baht.
Drugs kill seven at Vietnam music festival
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/09/2018
» HANOI: Seven Vietnamese have died and five are in a coma after taking drugs at an electronic dance music festival in Hanoi, officials said Monday, as authorities scrambled to trace the substance.
Quarter of city's public vans to be retired
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/09/2018
» The Department of Land Transport (DLT) has revealed that nearly one in four public vans operating in Bangkok and its metropolitan area will be decommissioned by the end of the year, as they are gradually set to be replaced by new mini-buses by 2028.
Air-con bus fares to rise ฿2
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/10/2018
» The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority will raise air-conditioned bus fares by two baht from 11-23 baht a trip to 13-25 baht on Oct 15, cancelling out the two-baht fare reduction in February 2015.
BTSC advised to cap train fares at B65
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/11/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is negotiating with the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), which operates the skytrain network, to cap train fares at 65 baht as a condition of being granted a 30-year contract to operate the entire system after its concession for the original route ends in 2029.
Free rides on BTS Samut Prakan section extended
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/11/2018
» The 13km extension of the BTS elevated rail route linking southern Bangkok with Samut Prakan will open next month and commuters will be allowed free trips for four months, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday.