Songkran holiday crowds start to head back to Bangkok on Friday

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Songkran holiday makers began heading back to Bangkok today (Friday), as the long holidays near their end. Increased traffic is reported on arterial roads from the north and northeast, including the Friendship, Phahonyothin and Asian highways.

 

The Friendship Highway Facebook page reported that in-bound traffic, from Mor Bandaima to Klang Dong and in the vicinity of the Chokchai Farm, was congested at about 2.40pm, with slow moving vehicles stretching over several kilometres.

 

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Today, the Highways Department opened the M6 motorway until April 18th, linking Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya with Nakhon Ratchasima, from 6am until midnight, as an optional route for motorists heading to Bangkok, bypassing Saraburi province. Only four-wheel vehicles are allowed to use the motorway and the speed limit is 80 km/hour.

 

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[overherebc]

Surprised they are returning so early.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, overherebc said:

Surprised they are returning so early.

Beats the Sunday crush.... pun intended.

[internationalism]

some have to return to work. Possibly they were able to take some days off before songkran, from the end the previous week, from Friday 8th April.

They do remember pre-covid jams with journeys to far provinces taking some 24h in a chock-block traffic