Thread: More transportation services during New Year

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will provide more trips and buses for passengers on 114 routes between December 29 this year and January 4, 2017.

The state-run transport agency will also offer additional shuttle bus services on "Mo Chit 2 bus terminal - Chatuchak BTS station" and "Mo Chit 2 bus terminal - the Victory Monument" routes on December 30 and January 4.

There will be more bus services running between Don Muang Airport and major bus terminals in Bangkok during the New Year holiday.

In addition, tourists can visit nine temples in Bangkok in a day with the BMTA free of charge from December 31 to January 2, from 8am to 5pm.

As for safety measures, all bus drivers and personnel will undergo physical examinations and health inquiries including drug and alcohol tests. Their licences will also be inspected.

For further information, please contact the BMTA hotline at 1348.

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Additional train trips to be provided during New Year season

BANGKOK, 21 December 2016 (NNT) – The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will provide 244 train trips with additional carriages to accommodate some 100,000 passengers daily during New Year season.

SRT Governor Wuthichart Kalyanamitra said the SRT will provide additional train trips to accommodate an increased number of passengers during the New Year holidays from 29 December 2016 to 4 January 2017.

Twenty trains will cover the 244 daily journeys during the long holiday with more carriages added to regular and rapid trains to accommodate 100,000-110,000 passengers daily.

Eight more trains will leave Bangkok for northern and northeastern destinations during 28-30 December 2016 while 10 others will cover the inbound routes to Bangkok during 2-4 January 2017. No passengers will likely be stranded at any railway station.

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Transport Company to provide more bus trips for New Year travelers

BANGKOK, 22 December 2016 (NNT) – Transport Company plans to run 9,000 bus trips daily during New Year season to accommodate as many as 200,000 travelers per day.

Acting Transport Company president Amnat Unardngam said the firm has planned to provide 9,000 bus trips daily from 29 December 2016 to 4 January 2017, compared to 7,200 trips daily in normal times.

As many as 180,000-200,000 bus passengers are expected daily during 20-30 December.

Tickets for all bus routes during the New Year holidays have already been sold out but passengers can purchase tickets for extra buses at Bangkok's Mo Chit 2 bus terminal.

Buses to northern and northeastern destinations will be available outside the headquarters of the Department of Land Transport during 28-30 December to relieve congestion at the Bangkok bus terminal. A free shuttle bus to the department will be provided outside the bus terminal.

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