New Year Travelers Prefer to Travel by Train

[webfact]

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s rail services accommodated over 1.3 million passengers from December 29-30, with over 90,000 heading to the upper parts of the Kingdom.

 

By Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

 

The five lines servicing the highest number of travelers were the Southern line with over 26,800 passengers, the Northeast line with more than 26,400 passengers, the Northern line with about 23,402 passengers, the Eastern line at around 11,000 passengers and the Mahachai-Mae Khlong line with over 6,000 passengers.

 

In the same two-day period, 1.28 million people used rail services in the Greater Bangkok area, including more than 805,000 passengers riding the BTS Skytrain and 355,000 who rode the MRT Blue Line. The MRT Red and Purple Lines, together with the Airport Rail Link, also saw a combined passenger count of over 123,000.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-01-03

 

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[RichardColeman]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s rail services accommodated over 1.3 million passengers from December 29-30

Lets hope they give out one of 1.3 million test kits to each traveller

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s rail services accommodated over 1.3 million passengers from December 29-30, with over 90,000 heading to the upper parts of the Kingdom.

Spread the new year gift.

[tingtong]

Driving yesterday, this statement feels untrue.

Plenty cars out on the roads!

 

But then, all must have headed to the train station, a plausible explanation. Or not.

Edited January 3, 2022 by tingtong

[Farmerslife]

Makes good sense to me, given the all year round bloodletting on the roads. It's a pity more people don't travel by train.

Unfortunately trains have been seen as the poor mans means of transport and have been woefully underfunded by successive governments. Only now is Bangkok beginning to catch up with other capital cities around the world with the skytrain and the underground. Sadly though, the rest of the country has not seen any investment.