AFTER a group of Italian youths brawled with a Thai woman on BTS Skytrain yesterday (July 24) when she asked them to stop being so noisy as they were disturbing other passengers, by nightfall comments by Thai netizens had flooded the Italian embassy Facebook page while another Facebook user posted an open letter to
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Update: Skytrain vibrations link to building collapse being probed
ALL five old shophouses on Charoen Krung road where the second-floor concrete awning of one of them collapsed have been declared off-limits with a detailed inspection underway as it is still unclear whether vibrations from the Skytrain led to part of the structure crashing down, PPTVHD36 said this evening (June 20). Mr. Thanadech Chankaew,
Read moreFares rising on Skytrain Green Line extension routes from Nov. 1
BANGKOK Mass Transit System Plc, operator of the city’s BTS Skytrain system, announced a fare increase on the Green Line extension routes from 15 to 17 baht from Nov. 1, 2025 onwards but trips across core line and the extensions will not be higher than 65 baht, PPTVHD 36 said today (Oct. 28). Fares
Read moreSkytrain staff threaten to stop running trains if 50 billion baht debt not repaid
EMPLOYEES of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), operator of BTS skytrain, submitted a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House this morning (Mar. 14) calling for repayment of debts mounted in the Green Line extension that have now almost reached 50 billion baht setting a seven-day deadline to do so if
Read moreBTS confirms Skytrain fares to rise on Jan. 1
BANGKOK Mass Transit System Plc (BTS), the operator of the Skytrain system in the metropolis, today (Dec. 12) announced a fare increase for rides to 24 stations over a distance of 23.5 kilometres starting Jan. 1, 2023, TV Channel 7 said. The fare hike is applicable to the following lines: – Sukhumvit – Mo
Read more14 injured as BTS escalator suddenly speeds up
AROUND 14 people were injured this evening (August 20) after an escalator at BTS Surasak station suddenly started descending rapidly throwing them down, Daily News and The Standard said. Rescuers from Ruam Katanyu Foundation quickly rushed there and took those injured to Taksin, Charoenkrung Pracharak, and Chulalongkorn hospitals for treatment. They said that the
Read moreBTS Skytrain request for long-haired passengers to be careful goes viral
ATTRACTING lots of comments yesterday (June 20) was BTS Skytrain’s request for passengers with long hair to be careful of their ends flicking onto the face and mouth of co-passengers, Sanook.com said. In its message posted on Facebook the Skytrain operator said, “To build a good society be considerate when travelling … be careful
Read moreNew BTS rule stirs up social media storm
AN announcement by BTS Skytrain today (June 15) forbidding passengers from delivering goods across payment zones attracted a lot of attention on Thai social media with some netizens strongly criticising the move, Sanook.com said. In its notice BTS said people have to be in the same payment zone in order to deliver goods and should
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