Bus ticket sales suspended until April 30

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Bus ticket sales suspended until April 30

By THE NATION

 

 

Ticket sales for all public transport buses will be suspended from March 26 to April 30 in compliance with the government’s declaration of a state of emergency which takes effect on Thursday (March 26), the president of Transport Co Ltd, Jirasak Yaovatsakul, said.

 

He added that the company will also enforce social distancing by leaving empty alternate seats on the buses and keep a distance of at least one metre between persons at all bus terminals.

 

After the state of emergency was announced on Tuesday (March 24), people rushed to buy bus tickets. All tickets have been sold out beyond April 30. “We cannot provide additional buses and all available buses have been used. Complying with the social distancing policy halves the number of passengers per bus,” added Jirasak.

 

“Those who haven’t reserved tickets should refrain from coming down to bus terminals hoping to get one, since all ticket booths will be closed until April 30,” he said. “Those who had bought tickets earlier can still travel as per schedule. You can also postpone or cancel your trip and apply for refund as per the conditions of Transport Co.”

 

Jirasak added that some operators of private buses and vans have submitted appeals to suspend their service during the state of emergency. “If you have already bought tickets from these operators, please contact them directly to ask for refund or postponement of your trip.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384845

 

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[VocalNeal]

Shut the stable door.

[TheFishman1]

 Good

[tomazbodner]

5 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Shut the stable door.

... After all the animals ...

[PJPom]

Just a thought, will the road carnage figures decrease this next month or will we see a spike due to overloaded pickups. 

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, PJPom said:

Just a thought, will the road carnage figures decrease this next month or will we see a spike due to overloaded pickups. 

What overloaded pickups?

[gk10002000]

All public buses?  You mean the buses from say Pattaya to Ekamai or Pattaya or Bangkok to Issan are shut?  How will people get back to their homes? 

[PJPom]

10 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

All public buses?  You mean the buses from say Pattaya to Ekamai or Pattaya or Bangkok to Issan are shut?  How will people get back to their homes? 

See my post regarding overloaded pickups... I once drove back from Kalasin after Songkran and was amazed at the number of people and possessions that were piled into the pickups tray.

One crash can equal four Or five scooters in bodies...