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Express buses tested from Bangkok to Chiang Mai and Phuket
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/09/2025
» The state-owned Transport Co Ltd has begun a trial operation of special express bus services for Bangkok to Chiang Mai and Phuket, from yesterday to March 8.
Songkran road toll 171, mainly from speeding and drink-driving
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/04/2025
» Traffic accidents killed 171 people and injured 1,208 others during the first five days of the Songkran holiday, as of Tuesday night.
Songkran road accidents and injuries pass 1,000
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/04/2025
» The number of road accidents and injuries has passed 1,000 in the first four days of the Songkran holiday travel period, with some holidaymakers beginning their trips back to Bangkok on Tuesday.
Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar, Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/03/2025
» A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on Friday, damaging buildings and forcing people to run into the streets in neighbouring Thailand.
Seven BMA officials arrested over fake repairs to buses
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/03/2025
» Seven officials at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have been arrested for alleged corruption in fake repairs made to five buses at a cost of 2.8 million baht.
Bangkok to step up haze fight
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/01/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will ask the government to declare Bangkok as an air pollution control area as PM2.5 levels are expected to surge again over the next seven days.
'Waste of money': Bangkok free public transport plan under fire
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/01/2025
» Critics have slammed the government's budget allocation of 140 million baht to provide free public transport as part of measures to fight the worsening haze pollution in Bangkok.
PM orders week of free public transport to combat PM2.5
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/01/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered free public transport in Bangkok for one week, starting today, in response to worsening air pollution as dust levels have surged across all districts of the capital.
Inferno bus owner ‘tried to hide illegal gas cylinders’
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/10/2024
» The owner of the bus that caught fire and killed 23 students and teachers in Pathum Thani tried to hide some gas cylinders on other buses in the same fleet, according to the Department of Land Transport.
Truck drives off washed-out bridge during storm
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/09/2024
» A pickup truck plunged off the end of a collapsed bridge during heavy rain in the early hours of the morning in Tak province on Wednesday.