Common e-ticket system for Bangkok buses to be used from June 2018

 

 

BANGKOK, 14 December 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Transport plans to use a common e-ticket system in June 2018, which will cover the fares for all public transports in Bangkok. 

The Ministry of Transport’s Permanent-Secretary Chartchai Tipsunave chaired a meeting with representatives of related agencies regarding the electronic ticket system designed to allow a single card to be used for fare payment for all modes of public transports. 

The meeting agreed to appoint the Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA), which is responsible for the management and maintenance of the common electronic ticket system to hire a consultant firm to help with the management and maintenance, managing the central revenue clearance center, and establishing the business policy, in order to allow the system to be used on the metro systems, river boats, expressways, as well as enabling the system to be used for goods and services payments at convenience stores. 

The MRTA will also be responsible to issue protocols for the electronic ticket issuance by other firms to ensure full compatibility. 

The Ministry of Transport expected the system to be implemented on BMTA buses and the Airport Rail Link line in June 2018, followed by BTS and MRT lines by October 2018.

 

-- nnt 2017-12-14

Hahahaha, machine malfunction alarm....

7 hours ago, MaxLee said:

Hahahaha, machine malfunction alarm....

It will be 2081 when that problem is solved.

1 minute ago, PAIBKK said:

It will be 2081 when that problem is solved.

You mean still not solved, because innovation will be thrown out of the window by the elite.......

27 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

You mean still not solved, because innovation will be thrown out of the window by the elite.......

Or they just turn off the alarm...

Machine malfunction alarm disabled. Problem solved...
It's like the overload alarm in Thai elevators, the overload alarm will not sound as the wires are disconnected. At least in the building I am living in. 

3 hours ago, PAIBKK said:

It will be 2081 when that problem is solved.

You're an optimist!