BTS new normal: no phone chatting or face-to-face riding

[webfact]

BTS new normal: no phone chatting or face-to-face riding

By THE NATION

 

 

The BTS Skytrain system has cancelled its seat-spacing measure in order to increase passenger capacity after schools and colleges reopened on Wednesday (July 1).

 

Social distancing has been relaxed to boost convenience for passengers, said Surapong Laoha-Unya, Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) chief executive officer. 

 

However, stations and trains will limit the number of passengers to 70 per cent of normal capacity so as to prevent overcrowding on the system. The BTS is also operating “group release” measures for passengers in the morning and evening rush hours, to prevent overcrowding on platforms.

 

Meanwhile, passengers are being advised not to talk on their phones and to avoid facing each other at close proximity.

 

Frequency of rush-hour service is 2 minutes, 25 seconds for trains on the Sukhumvit Line, and 3 minutes, 45 seconds for the Silom Line, said the operator.

 

Temperature checks and ThaiChana scanning remain in place on the system.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30390601

 

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[YetAnother]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, passengers are being advised not to talk on their phones and to avoid facing each other at close proximity.

am sure that will work really well; maybe the first 5 minutes of the first day

[herfiehandbag]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The BTS is also operating “group release” measures for passengers in the morning and evening rush hours, to prevent overcrowding on platforms.

So, in order to prevent people getting to close to each other on the platform, they are going to pen them in behind the ticket barriers downstairs?

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, passengers are being advised not to talk on their phones and to avoid facing each other at close proximity.

am sure that will work really well; maybe the first 5 minutes of the first day

A full five minutes? I love your optimism!

[nikmar]

54 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

It's apparently OK as long as the donor has a doctor's certificate clearing them of Montezuma's revenge.

 

Well, that's an image I ll have stuck in my mind the next time Mrs N and I ........

[rtco]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, passengers are being advised not to talk on their phones and to avoid facing each other at close proximity.

You have to be joking right?

[SoilSpoil]

is this Thai Chana thing really necessary, or can I just sign in somewhere?

Edited July 2, 2020 by SoilSpoil

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, SoilSpoil said:

is this Thai Chana thing really necessary, or can I just sign in somewhere?

Nah, they need to be able to 'track' you on the BTS.

(sorry!)

[Geoffggi]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, passengers are being advised not to talk on their phones and to avoid facing each other at close proximity.

The only way they will stop people using mobile phones is by installing signal blockers in each compartment....

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Geoffggi said:

The only way they will stop people using mobile phones is by installing signal blockers in each compartment....

That must be the only thing that could start a riot here...

[SoilSpoil]

7 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Nah, they need to be able to 'track' you on the BTS.

(sorry!)

Thanks, will take taxi then. 

[Srikcir]

BTS train recording I heard says refrain from Talking. Not limited to talking on the phone. So much for the group of 5 teen aged boys I saw on my last BTS ride who talked nonstop very animatedly for 5 stops with masks lowered.

Unless there's a roaming BTS monitor no talking won't stop.

[petedk]

2 hours ago, rtco said:

You have to be joking right?

Talking on the phone is their favourite pastime on the BTS.

 

Who is going to regulate that? 

[brewsterbudgen]

2 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

The only way they will stop people using mobile phones is by installing signal blockers in each compartment....

There's no problem with using your phone to check Line or Facebook - just no talking as that can expel virus droplets.  I think people will cope.

[bluesofa]

11 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

There's no problem with using your phone to check Line or Facebook - just no talking as that can expel virus droplets.  I think people will cope.

As long as there's no laughing or sniggering at FB comments. You could be expelled for that.

[Jane Dough]

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Nah, they need to be able to 'track' you on the BTS.

(sorry!)

Would you mind choosing another platform for your pitiful attempts at punning.

 

Rooster

[bluesofa]

13 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Nah, they need to be able to 'track' you on the BTS.

(sorry!)

Would you mind choosing another platform for your pitiful attempts at punning.

Sorry. My apologies, I've obviously got ideas above my station.

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

to avoid facing each other at close proximity

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Temperature checks and ThaiChana scanning remain in place on the system.

 

I ride the BTS all the time, and have never encountered any implementation of ThaiChana app checkins anywhere on BTS.

 

They have set up automatic temperature checking cameras and have staff using handheld temp scanners where they don't have the automated systems.

 

Up until now, they haven't been doing anything to limit or control the volume of passengers allowed to wait on the platforms or to crowd onto the trains.

 

[stouricks]

Can't be any dafter than in UK, where you can queue up for a bus or a train without a mask, but must put it on once onboard.

[a977]

22 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

There's no problem with using your phone to check Line or Facebook - just no talking as that can expel virus droplets.  I think people will cope.

Not in Thailand, Thais cannot live without mobile phone always talking, texting, taking selfies, take phone away from Thai like asking them to commit hari kari  

[brewsterbudgen]

1 hour ago, a977 said:

Not in Thailand, Thais cannot live without mobile phone always talking, texting, taking selfies, take phone away from Thai like asking them to commit hari kari  

Nobody's talking about taking away anyone's phone (perish the thought).  The thread is about trying to stop people talking on the BTS when it's crowded to avoid spreading the virus.  

[Jane Dough]

23 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Sorry. My apologies, I've obviously got ideas above my station.

It really is time that at this junction you punsters are shunted from the forum. 

 

Rooster

[bluesofa]

22 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

23 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Sorry. My apologies, I've obviously got ideas above my station.

It really is time that at this junction you punsters are shunted from the forum. 

You think I'd be inclined to do that? I know a coupler times it's occurred when someone has tried to turntables on me. The way I see it you'll not gain any points with signals like that. Let's not get steamed up and branch off into that now, but maybe one day return to it, as long as it hasn't gone down the tube by then.

[bodga]

On 7/2/2020 at 3:37 AM, webfact said:

has cancelled its seat-spacing measure in order to increase

Its  profit margin?

[bodga]

54 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

It really is time that at this junction you punsters are shunted from the forum. 

 

Rooster

Stop derailing this thread!

[billd766]

1 hour ago, Jane Dough said:

It really is time that at this junction you punsters are shunted from the forum. 

 

Rooster

 

27 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

You think I'd be inclined to do that? I know a coupler times it's occurred when someone has tried to turntables on me. The way I see it you'll not gain any points with signals like that. Let's not get steamed up and branch off into that now, but maybe one day return to it, as long as it hasn't gone down the tube by then.

 

I really think that you and bluespunk have come to the end of the line on this thread otherwise you will both be in for some buffering in the near future.

 

Perhaps I am getting my signals crossed here. 

Edited July 3, 2020 by billd766
added extra text

[Jane Dough]

53 minutes ago, bodga said:

Stop derailing this thread!

At this point may I recommend reading "Riding the Iron Rooster".

 

Rooster

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

At this point may I recommend reading "Riding the Iron Rooster".

 

Rooster

Very witty Wilde!

I'm sure I haven't read that particular one of his books.

Just saw the wiki entry about the book: One of his aims is to disprove the Chinese maxim, "you can always fool a foreigner"

[mtls2005]

Based on tweets and FB posts, from the official BTS feeds, it looks like we now have to check-in an check-out when riding BTS trains. There are mobile apps, LINE link and web page options, which link into a Thaichana-like inerface where you enter the 4-digit number of the train unit.

 

No clue if you can check-in directly from the Thaichana app, maybe a generic QR code is on display. Didn't see anything yesterday in the stations.