Bangkok Plans Major Terminal Move for Seamless Travel

[snoop1130]

Photo courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Bangkok may soon see a major transportation shift. The Transport Ministry is exploring the possibility of relocating the city's inter-provincial bus terminals to the Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal to improve connectivity with the mass transit system.

 

Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit recently held discussions with the Policy Monitoring Committee. He instructed the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy Planning (OTP) to look into moving all state-operated bus terminals to this new central location.

 

This move could impact three key bus terminals: Mo Chit 2 in Chatuchak district for the north and northeast, Ekkamai in Khlong Toey district serving the east, and the New Southern Bus Terminal in Taling Chan district.

 

The OTP will assess how the relocation might affect both travelers and traffic around the Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal. The aim is to transform it into a major transport hub, allowing travelers to switch easily between different modes of transport. Minister Suriya pointed to Hakata Station in Fukuoka as a successful example of this kind of integration.

 

 

Suriya is optimistic that combining the city's bus terminals will make public transport more convenient, faster, and safer.

 

OTP Director General Panya Chupanich expects to finalize the plan in about four months. In the meantime, the OTP will seek funding to hire consultants for a feasibility study, expected to take at least 12 months.

 

The new terminal design is envisioned as a multi-level building like Hakata Station. Each floor will cater to departures for different regions. The underground area will be an interchange for buses and will include a waiting space for taxis and ride-hailing services. The top floor is planned for commercial spaces like restaurants and shops, which will help fund the terminal's upkeep, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-02-20

 

 

[steven100]

Bla .....Bla ....Bla     

[NORDO]

This a no-brainer.  Often wondered why they dont combine all the transport stations for a more seamless travel.  I.E-like Airport link and Phaya thai.

[kingstonkid]

1 hour ago, NORDO said:

This a no-brainer.  Often wondered why they dont combine all the transport stations for a more seamless travel.  I.E-like Airport link and Phaya thai.

 

This is actually going to make travel a lot more difficult and expensive.  It probably is the dumbest thing they could do.

 

The only way to get from victory  to go to pattaya there is by one bus or a lot of transfers and will take an hour.

vs taking the bus and getting off at ekamai and then travelling to the Pattaya.

 

It also says nothing about the minivans that work out of these locations. There is definitely no room for al of them unless they are going to move them to the minivan terminal at Morchit 2 

 

Tourists are especially going to be confused about which bus to take and which bus to take when they get there to get to their hotels. Taxi charges will ruin a lot of people.  

 

Imagine Jane gets off the bus from Pats  with 2 bags at 5 and is going to a hotel on the river. 300 baht easy

 

 

[khunpeer]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Bangkok may soon see a major transportation shift. The Transport Ministry is exploring the possibility of relocating the city's inter-provincial bus terminals to the Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal to improve connectivity with the mass transit system.

 

Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit recently held discussions with the Policy Monitoring Committee. He instructed the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy Planning (OTP) to look into moving all state-operated bus terminals to this new central location.

 

This move could impact three key bus terminals: Mo Chit 2 in Chatuchak district for the north and northeast, Ekkamai in Khlong Toey district serving the east, and the New Southern Bus Terminal in Taling Chan district.

 

The OTP will assess how the relocation might affect both travelers and traffic around the Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal. The aim is to transform it into a major transport hub, allowing travelers to switch easily between different modes of transport. Minister Suriya pointed to Hakata Station in Fukuoka as a successful example of this kind of integration.

 

 

 

Suriya is optimistic that combining the city's bus terminals will make public transport more convenient, faster, and safer.

 

OTP Director General Panya Chupanich expects to finalize the plan in about four months. In the meantime, the OTP will seek funding to hire consultants for a feasibility study, expected to take at least 12 months.

 

The new terminal design is envisioned as a multi-level building like Hakata Station. Each floor will cater to departures for different regions. The underground area will be an interchange for buses and will include a waiting space for taxis and ride-hailing services. The top floor is planned for commercial spaces like restaurants and shops, which will help fund the terminal's upkeep, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-02-20

 

 

Bangkok comparing to Fukuoka?

that's already a wrong start...

[Watawattana]

So, all buses in a single location.  AKA, all eggs in one basket.  One minor accident the whole place grinds to a halt, with no Plan B.  Great.

[khunjeff]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Each floor will cater to departures for different regions.

 

These floors would have to be absolutely massive for a single one of them to handle all departures to one region, especially Isaan - unless they're planning to have the buses staged elsewhere and only pull in when they're ready to go, but even then it would be tough (and you would need a huge staging ground nearby).

 

This also only works if all the buses can pull directly onto expressways to start their journeys out of Bangkok. If that doesn't happen, there will be terrible gridlock all around the station, and it will likely end up taking buses 90 minutes just to get out of the city.

 

That having been said, it's not a bad idea in theory  - the problem is that this seems like yet another "study tour pipe dream", like the taxi stands, bike share stations, and other projects that were just copied from cities in other countries with no thought given as to whether they actually made sense for Bangkok.