Official roll-out of Phuket Smart Bus delayed

[stevenl]

Saw 2 yesterday as well, one on Chaofa West towards town, one between Rawai and Kata.

[Coconut Kidd]

Saw one just now north bound in Kamala with a few passengers and lots of luggage.

[chub]

There were eight buses in the Homeworks parking lot yesterday (Sunday) at 4pm see the photo below, so perhaps one or two were operating.  Did anyone check the app which shows the real-time location of all the buses?  

[johng]

 
Bus driver smiled like child at Christmas day while picking up guests there lol.
Keep going!!!

Let's hope he doesn't suffer the fate of a driver on Pattaya's failed bus service...who was blocked in pulled from the bus and beaten to death !

[Coconut Kidd]

They are up and running this morning, the GPS seems to be working.

 

You can view the rate chart here:  https://phuketsmartbus.com/route-fare/

 

Hoping to try it out today from Kamala to Jungceylon at a whopping 50 Baht.

 

 

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, johng said:

 

Let's hope he doesn't suffer the fate of a driver on Pattaya's failed bus service...who was blocked in pulled from the bus and beaten to death !

 

Link please.

[Old Croc]

1 hour ago, Coconut Kidd said:

They are up and running this morning, the GPS seems to be working.

 

You can view the rate chart here:  https://phuketsmartbus.com/route-fare/

 

Hoping to try it out today from Kamala to Jungceylon at a whopping 50 Baht.

 

 

Checked just now. All buses seem to be off the route and either parked up or heading home.

Could just be a GPS failure.

[Coconut Kidd]

Right now

 

#3 is driving around the airport, I'll assume making pickups.

 

#6 is southbound in or near Kamala

 

#7  in northbound in or near Kamala

 

#10 and 2 are parked at Tesco Rawai

 

#8 and 9 are parked at Central

 

#1 is parked just north of Central

 

#5 seems to be in la la land somewhere near 402/3028

[Old Croc]

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

Checked just now. All buses seem to be off the route and either parked up or heading home.

Could just be a GPS failure.

Could be user error.

[Coconut Kidd]

I kept getting errors with IE 11. Edge seems to work fine.

[chub]

A garbled report on the new bus service appeared in Thaiger today  The reporter thinks that Route A (southbound) and route B (northbound) are two separate routes.

The report states that the route now extends to the airport domestic terminal.  There's already an 'Airport Express"  bus service claiming to serve Kata and Karon from the domestic terminal (although it has never been seen to operate past Patong). Some 'negotiations' may be needed with this operator, who also operates a fleet of airport minibuses to Patong, Karon and Kata. 

 

"Phuket’s new smart bus kicked off yesterday featuring two initial routes around the island. The route travels along Thepkasattri Road until it reaches Thalang where it takes a turn towards the coast through Cherngtalay and Bang Tao and on to Surin, Kamala and Patong. Then it continues along the coast to Karon and Kata, over the hill at Kata Noi to Rawai. Then it returns in the opposite direction, again taking the coastal road.

ROUTE A

Phuket International Airport – Rawai

A1 International Terminal (Arrival)

A2 Domestic Terminal (Arrival)

A3 In Front of Thalang District Office

A4 Boat Avenue, Cherngtalay

A5 Bang Tao Mosque

A6 Surin Beach

A7 Phuket Fantasea

A8 Kamala Big C

A9 Junceylon Patong

A10 Karon Circle

A 11 Kata Night Plaza

A 12 Rawai Beach

ROUTE B

Rawai – Phuket International Airport

B1 Rawai Beach

B2 Kata Night Plaza

B3 Karon Circle

B4 Bangla Road

B5 Kamala Big C

B6 Phuket Fantasea

B7 Surin Beach

B8 Bang Tao Mosque

B9 Boat Avenue, Cherngtalay

B10 In Front of Thalang District Office

B11 International Terminal (Arrival)

B12 Domestic Terminal (Arrival)

[LivinginKata]

52 minutes ago, chub said:

A garbled report on the new bus service appeared in Thaiger today  The reporter thinks that Route A (southbound) and route B (northbound) are two separate routes.

The report states that the route now extends to the airport domestic terminal.  There's already an 'Airport Express"  bus service claiming to serve Kata and Karon from the domestic terminal (although it has never been seen to operate past Patong). Some 'negotiations' may be needed with this operator, who also operates a fleet of airport minibuses to Patong, Karon and Kata. 

 

 

 

Some moths ago I did see the Airport Patong Kata bus on the way over to Karon. But even from Airport to Patong they are rarely seen.