RTC Bus-2024 Version

[sqwakvfr]

Out of curiosity I took the new version of the Chiang Mai RTC Bus this morning.  There are three lines:  24A, 24B and 24C.  I took 24B:

 

1. Picks up was at One Nimman and destination was the airport

2. Fare was 50 Baht’

3. The Buses are smaller than the blue buses which were used before the pandemic.  The AC was working fine and at 1000 AM I was the only passenger.  Apparently ridership is rather low. 

4. The journey was about 20 minutes.  Traffic was somewhat heavy mainly due to road construction and because of TIT an ambulance going Code 3 was cutoff by a couple of drivers while it was trying to get to Suan Doak Hospital. Nothing new there. 

5. The timing of the buses is something I have not figure out yet.  At this point the only times posted appear to be when the buses start from the Aiport.

 

It looks this is still a work in progress and hope to see improvements as times goes by.  I rode on the blue buses quite a lot before the pandemic.

 

[lordblackader]

Timetables, details etc on their FB page. 

https://www.facebook.com/rtccmcitybus

 

[sqwakvfr]

19 hours ago, lordblackader said:

Timetables, details etc on their FB page. 

https://www.facebook.com/rtccmcitybus

 

That only shows the start times from the Airport.  Any rider not at the airport will not know when any bus will arrive at a specific stop.  At this point taking this bus is like a leisure ride and not a reliable form of transportation if one is on a schedule.  

[AgMech Cowboy]

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