New minibus/van terminal to open next month opposite Morchit

[webfact]

New minibus/van terminal to open next month opposite Morchit

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

A new terminal for vans and minibuses will be officially launched near the Morchit 2 terminal next month.

 

Jirasak Yaowatchasakul, managing director of the Land Transport Company, said on Monday that the new building would be officially opened on August 1.

 

The terminal, which aims to reduce passenger overcrowding, has been built on a 33-rai plot of land under the Sirat Expressway on the opposite side of the road from the terminal.

 

The first phase of the project has been completed, with the new terminal able to handle 4,500 trips ¬- or 30,000 passengers - per day.

 

Jirasak said the Transport Company was now relocating vans and minibuses operating under concession for the government firm.

 

The Transport Compnay is also developing an online booking service to allow passengers to buy tickets up to three months in advance.

 

Jirasak said service operators had already started relocating their vehicles to the new terminal over the last month and he advised that in the initial stages passengers would suffer some inconvenience, including inadequate or hard-to-access toilet facilities at the new building.

 

Jirasak said the operators were gradually swapping their vans for minibuses to offer a safer alternative.

 

So far, there are about 4,700 interprovincial vans under concession from the Transport Company, 600 of which have been used for 10 years and will be decommissioned and turned into microbuses this year.

 

In 2021, 2,200 of them will have been replaced by minibuses, Jirasak added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30350152

 

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[PETERTHEEATER]

Jirasak said the operators were gradually swapping their vans for minibuses to offer a safer alternative.

 

Anyone got a pic of a replacement 'minibus'?

[Bob12345]

46 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Jirasak said the operators were gradually swapping their vans for minibuses to offer a safer alternative.

 

Anyone got a pic of a replacement 'minibus'?

Gradually...

That means when the old van falls apart and can't be fixed with sticky tape they might consider a safer minibus. As no timeline is given, go take a look in about 10 years.

[Bob12345]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The terminal, which aims to reduce passenger overcrowding, has been built on a 33-rai plot of land under the Sirat Expressway on the opposite side of the road from the terminal.

I hope that, in typical Thai style of planning, there is a highway or river between the places so you need a taxi or motosaai to reach it. We can't have people walking there of course.

 

See the bus terminal location and where the skytrain/underground station is.

[Lupatria]

Any chance to rent a shop at the terminal to sell life insurance and coverage of funeral costs?

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, Bob12345 said:

I hope that, in typical Thai style of planning, there is a highway or river between the places so you need a taxi or motosaai to reach it. We can't have people walking there of course.

 

See the bus terminal location and where the skytrain/underground station is.

 

Similarly, they built the 10,000 seat Impact Arena and forgot to provide any public transport access to the area, apart from a local bus route. Beyond belief really, but true. Try coming out of there after an event and trying to get a taxi in the rain, or anytime.

[MaxLee]

Why did they remove the first Mochit Bus terminal anyways???

[moontang]

4 hours ago, MaxLee said:

Why did they remove the first Mochit Bus terminal anyways???

because it was too easy to get to, without a taxi.

[dddave]

8 hours ago, MaxLee said:

Why did they remove the first Mochit Bus terminal anyways???

Serious answer is that plot is owned by State Railways and the lease is almost up.  Very valuable development land now and they want it back.

With the new transit line going out to Rangsit, it makes sense to move it there.

Apparently, no firm decision has yet been made.

[MaxLee]

19 hours ago, dddave said:

Serious answer is that plot is owned by State Railways and the lease is almost up.  Very valuable development land now and they want it back.

With the new transit line going out to Rangsit, it makes sense to move it there.

Apparently, no firm decision has yet been made.

Okay, in other words, just the usual Thai flip and flopping back and forth

[Small Joke]

Oh dear,  morchit driving on Thai roads to contend with then.