Bangkok train riders warned on Covid as crowds return after lockdown

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Bangkok train riders warned on Covid as crowds return after lockdown

By The Nation

 

 

Passenger numbers on Bangkok electric trains more than doubled after lockdown measures were partially lifted on May 3, the Department of Rail Transport said.

 

The department revealed that passengers on the public transport service increased from 189,000 on May 1 to 400,000 on May 4.

 

Expecting to see more travellers return as the capital gradually emerges from lockdown, the department has asked passengers to keep their guard up against Covid-19 during train rides.

 

Passengers are requested to look after their health, wear face masks, leave their homes earlier and follow social distancing measures in stations and on trains.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30387381

 

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[sammieuk1]

The new normal looking like the old normal to me what could possibly go wrong ????

[PerkinsCuthbert]

More dimwit thinking from the usual suspects. How to restart a mass transit system that was already hopelessly overloaded for large parts of the day before CV19 came along? Answers on the back of an envelope addressed to the Minister of Health, please.

[brewsterbudgen]

45 minutes ago, PerkinsCuthbert said:

More dimwit thinking from the usual suspects. How to restart a mass transit system that was already hopelessly overloaded for large parts of the day before CV19 came along? Answers on the back of an envelope addressed to the Minister of Health, please.

To be fair, the BTS wasn't "re-started".  It has operated normally (apart from closing early because of the curfew) all through the "lockdown".

[PatOngo]

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

and follow social distancing measures in stations and on trains.

Yeah right! Thai logic would suggest an alcohol ban may solve the problem! ????

 

[smedly]

ban people from beaches - that'll sort it 

[KMartinHandyman]

Social distancing on trains? 

[Moonlover]

Every city in the world is going to face this issue, but they cannot stay locked down for ever.

 

A great analogy is, I think, a herd of wildebeest wanting to cross a croc infested river. They all know there is danger there and they're all reluctant to be the first one in the water. But eventually the pressure from the rear makes the crossing inevitable. And when it happens there are a few casualties, but the herd is safe.

 

If we want the world to get moving again, we have to expect and accept a few casualties along the way.

Edited May 6, 2020 by Moonlover

[Wiggy]

30 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

To be fair, the BTS wasn't "re-started".  It has operated normally (apart from closing early because of the curfew) all through the "lockdown".

A train every 6 or 7 minutes (which it was during the lockdown) is not

‘normal’. 

[rasmus5150]

Put face masks on the back of the head, and knees and elbows.

Presto, problem solved..........

[rtco]

17 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The new normal looking like the old normal to me what could possibly go wrong ????

I've always said there won't be a "new normal" it's not in people's nature

[DoctorG]

It is nice to issue warnings but in reality there is nothing that can be done about the situation.

[josephbloggs]

16 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Yeah right! Thai logic would suggest an alcohol ban may solve the problem! ????

 

Ok Mr Logic, love to know your solution.  Busy trains during Covid is not a Thai problem.  Nice Thai bash though, well done.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-52003076

[PatOngo]

30 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Nice Thai bash though, well done.

It's not hard!

[davemos]

Can these riders be charged for breaking social distancing rules .What is the penalty for not being able to heed the warning ?

[Onemoreplease]

Interesting titbit .... January to May 2020 67/68000 deaths in America from Certificate Of Vacation IDentification 19.

last year January to May 80,000 deaths.

 

[Kasset Tak]

We can be crammed up like sardines in the BTS/MRT but we can't sit at the same table in restaurants?! I guess that loss of logic is the latest symptom of COVID-19?!

[Stargeezr]

My Thai relative has to use the Buses and BTS 5 days a week, I pray that

she can stay healthy and not catch the virus. At least in Bangkok most 

people wear masks and some gloves and try to get to their destinations

without much conversations etc. In America, I would be scared to death

to have to travel across most of their cities any day.

  I will be glad when there is a successful virus for this virus. It is not the

typical Flu, and It is not pneumonia either, just so the posters on this forum

don't try tor comparisons etc.

Geezer

[newnative]

  Add more frequent trains and more cars to the trains.  That was needed pre-virus and even more now.

[PatOngo]

4 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Ok Mr Logic, love to know your solution.  Busy trains during Covid is not a Thai problem.  Nice Thai bash though, well done.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-52003076

My logic is of no consequence, they don't listen to farang! Judging by the photo, crowded trains IS a Thai problem and from what I've learned in the past weeks, if they don't go to the beach, they should be all right, JB! 

[Onemoreplease]

3 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

My Thai relative has to use the Buses and BTS 5 days a week, I pray that

she can stay healthy and not catch the virus. At least in Bangkok most 

people wear masks and some gloves and try to get to their destinations

without much conversations etc. In America, I would be scared to death

to have to travel across most of their cities any day.

  I will be glad when there is a successful virus for this virus. It is not the

typical Flu, and It is not pneumonia either, just so the posters on this forum

don't try tor comparisons etc.

Geezer

I don’t have any proof that this is what I believe, just listening to Doctors like ..... Dr Rashid Buttar, Dr Andrew Kaufmann, Dr Judy Mikovits, Dr Erickson and Dr Shiva Ayyadurai to name but a few speaks volumes for basic common sense to me.

Equally there is no doctor, scientist, foundation or organisation that has isolated this virus as per the medical standards.

I have an open mind, if you know something I don’t please educate me.

 

I do mean that most sincerely.

[Krataiboy]

23 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The new normal looking like the old normal to me what could possibly go wrong ????

It's got to happen. If not, neither will herd immunity.

[Redline]

Looks like they need to add a lot more trains and cars