Tag: BMTA
BMTA prepares buses for new school term
BANGKOK – Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has allocated 2,602 buses to run on weekdays once the school semester starts to make sure the...
Private city bus operators want government to waive their 400 million...
Seventy-five private bus operators providing bus service in Bangkok under the supervision of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority have asked the government to waive...
Cabinet OKs production of electric cars in Thailand
The cabinet on Tuesday gave a green light for the production of Thailand’s first battery electric vehicles or electric cars.
Prime Minister’s Office vice minister...
Prime Minister recommends hybrid buses as option for city bus services
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has recommended the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) to look into the advantages of electric and hybrid bus to...
Bus driver and conductor fined 1,000 baht each for expelling a...
A bus driver and a conductor of an associated bus company were fined 1,000 baht each and suspended from work for a week after...
City bus agency to be reformed and its bus routes restructured
The Land Transport Department will propose to the Transport Ministry a reform plan for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority under which the department will...
First hybrid bus to be put on test run for five...
The city’s bus operator, Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, have unveiled its first Japanese-made hybrid bus which will be put on trial run for five...
Thai Cabinet extends free train, bus services
BANGKOK, May 1 -- The Cabinet on Tuesday extended free third-class train and non-air conditioned bus services to the low-income Thai public for...
Bus fare to increase starting May 15
BANGKOK, 26 April 2012 - The Central Land Transport Control Commission has resolved to adjust public transport fares upward to match the rising...
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Donald Trump could determine the future of Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand - The first reaction in Bangkok to Trump’s new international tariffs was to assume they were an April Fool’s joke delivered a...
Chinese tourist gets into altercation with Pattaya motorbike taxi driver after urinating in restricted...
PATTAYA, Thailand – In an incident that unfolded late last night (April 3, 2025), a Chinese tourist and a Pattaya motorbike taxi driver clashed...
Police presence expands to Koh Larn – Ensuring safety and accessibility for locals and...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Police have taken a proactive step to enhance safety and strengthen community relations on Koh Larn by officially stationing an...
Protecting Thai Jobs – Chonburi targets illegal foreign workers selling ice cream in Sattahip
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Foreign Workers Control and Legal Division joined forces with Pol. Col. Khomsan Kumtunkaew, Superintendent of Sattahip Police Station, and the...
Young woman alleges assault by ride-hailing driver in Pattaya, claims police initially dismissed her...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 24-year-old woman, identified as Ms. Yui (alias), reached out to reporters after experiencing a distressing encounter with a Bolt ride-hailing...