Thai Transport Company Logs Over 147,000 Passengers on Round Trips for Songkran

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On April 12th, 2024, Mr. Atthawit Rakchamroon, the acting director and president of the Transport Company Ltd., publicly revealed passenger log information on April 11th with more than 147,871 individuals traveling round trip via public buses and vans of more than 7,622 trips.

The number of passengers who used public transportation to travel to their hometown was 80,460 individuals with 4,174 trips from Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal and Bangkok Bus Terminal. Everything went smoothly and there were no left-behind passengers, according to Atthawit.

 

According to the passenger log information on April 12th, it was estimated that more than 80,000 individuals would travel to their hometown. The Transport Company prepared public transportation of more than 4,000 trips to facilitate the passengers. Additional public commuters were also in support of meeting the demand during the Songkran holidays, stated Atthawit.

 

By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-04-13

 

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[brianthainess]

How many will get injured or killed, aren't we due another bus crash ?

[Daithi85]

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

How many will get injured or killed, aren't we due another bus crash ?

🥱 🥱. 

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

How many will get injured or killed, aren't we due another bus crash ?

Considering the mass travel and general chaos Thailand does seem to get most people to their destination on time and in one piece

[brianthainess]

54 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Considering the mass travel and general chaos Thailand does seem to get most people to their destination on time and in one piece

Most 

[impulse]

6 hours ago, brianthainess said:

How many will get injured or killed, aren't we due another bus crash ?

 

On 7600 bus trips with (mostly) non-drunk drivers, vs 50,000 private car trips (for the 148,000 passengers), with a lot of those drivers being drunk... 

 

Or worse, 100,000 scooters.  With a lot of them being drunk or high for the holiday.

 

Edited April 13 by impulse

[kickstart]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Considering the mass travel and general chaos Thailand does seem to get most people to their destination on time and in one piece

As someone has used Thai buses a lot over the past 20 plus years it is a good system.

Remember once coming back New Year's Eve from Morchit, Bangkok, my bus was full, so they found another bus from somewhere, not nonmale running on that route, me and a lot of other passengers got home that evening.