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...
Trasnport ministry to replace old buses with NGV buses
BANGKOK, 20 April 2012 - The Ministry of Transport is proposing plans to procure new NGV passenger buses in a bid to reduce...
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Everyone passes the buck on paying for emergency medical treatment in Thailand
The unfortunate British tourist Pamela Gatehouse is facing medical and repatriation costs of around 80,000 pounds (3 million baht) and much more if a...
Heavy rainfall hits Pattaya at night, flooding busy residential roads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya experienced heavy rainfall, leading to localized flooding in several areas at 9 PM on February 22. Residents in Soi Khao...
Theft on Hotel Way Out – Woman arrested for stealing ATM card from British...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officials arrested 54-year-old Nang Kham Pakham at a restaurant near the entrance of Jomtien Soi 4, who was found to...
Police raid ‘Gang 38’ hideout in Pattaya, seize weapons after brawl and explosion incident
PATTAYA, Thailand – A police operation has led to the arrest of a 16-year-old boy and five other youths, following a violent clash between...
Shocking video captures Thai man chasing foreign tourist with knife in Jomtien, Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A disturbing video has gone viral on social media showing a terrifying encounter in Jomtien, Pattaya, where a Thai man, armed...