Who is protecting Bangkok trains and their occupants?

[Unamerican]

In London, UK, by now, the major killers in and around the tube stations are the wonderful anti-terrorism police — but they are not always very choosy about whom they shoot! 

[Unamerican]

1 hour ago, sandyf said:

Essential with the behaviour of passengers at the airport station.

What do these “passengers” do?  
And Why only at this one station? 

[KhunLA]

Just now, Unamerican said:

What do these “passengers” do?  
And Why only at this one station? 

You really have to ask ... think 'tourist' ... nuff said.

[ThreeCardMonte]

I ride the BTS often when I’m in Thailand.  Never witnessed any need for police protection.

 

BKK is not like NYC, A leftist led and controlled city where subway shovers, muggers, rapists turnstile jumpers, homeless, the insane, juvenile delinquents and criminal illegal aliens all have free reign to do as they please.

[Yagoda]

35 minutes ago, Unamerican said:

 

Wow! So You have been here for decades by now!
Back into the last century even? 

Hell yeah dude, I remember 40 baht to dollar days. And the old Thermae. And the beer bars by the tracks. And coming in to DMK, no swampy.

 

No taxi meters.

[sandyf]

4 hours ago, Unamerican said:

But what is this: —

some way to carry heavy things around? Or what? 

For the uneducated MRT is the Mass Rapid Transit Authority and BTS the Bangkok Mass Transit System.

[sandyf]

23 hours ago, Yagoda said:

I rode the BTS withing a few months of its opening. In all my years, I have never seen a cop on a train, or platform.

Same, opened in Dec and I came over just after New Year. In those days they used to have a festival at the World Trade Centre, always worth a couple of nights in Bangkok.

Girl I was with was scared to go on the BTS, fear of the unkown, and couldn't understand how I knew what to do with it being brand new.

[Yagoda]

3 hours ago, sandyf said:

and couldn't understand how I knew what to do with it being brand new.

Its a train, not rocket science LOL

[Caldera]

I've seen K9 teams (two police officers, two dogs) on the BTS and the MRT quite a few times. 

[AgMech Cowboy]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:08 PM, Gobbler said:

I lived in Bangkok for 5 years. I often used the BTS and sometimes the MRT.  I never saw a policeman on any train or platform.  Who is protecting us? Is anyone doing it?

There are security guards located at every station. At least all of the BTS stations that I have used.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:08 PM, Gobbler said:

I lived in Bangkok for 5 years. I often used the BTS and sometimes the MRT.  I never saw a policeman on any train or platform.  Who is protecting us? Is anyone doing it?

Protecting us from what?  They are hardly hotbeds of crime.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:12 PM, Gobbler said:

 

I can't remember if they have cameras. I would think they do, or should have them. I'm sure the stations have cameras. Can anyone confirm?

Both are equipped with cameras.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:56 PM, Yagoda said:

I rode the BTS withing a few months of its opening. In all my years, I have never seen a cop on a train, or platform.

I rode the BTS within a few months of its opening. In all my years, I have never seen, nor needed, a cop on a train, or platform.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:08 PM, Gobbler said:

I lived in Bangkok for 5 years. I often used the BTS and sometimes the MRT.  I never saw a policeman on any train or platform.  Who is protecting us? Is anyone doing it?

Why would RTP officers be working on a private enterprise such as the BTS?

[Gobbler]

5 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

There are security guards located at every station. At least all of the BTS stations that I have used.

Whistleblowers

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 5/14/2025 at 4:08 PM, Gobbler said:

I never saw a policeman on any train or platform.  Who is protecting us? Is anyone doing it?

No need, it's not the west, Thai's respect the other passengers. 

 

Just got to watch out for those rude foreigners. 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 5/14/2025 at 5:01 PM, Gobbler said:

 idiot influencers playing crap music. 

Who are these people, foreigners or Thai's? 

[freedomnow]

On 5/14/2025 at 11:01 AM, Gobbler said:

 

They do, just to kick idiot influencers playing crap music. 

Perhaps you should go to Thonglor Station and submit your request to move things along.....

[phetphet]

I once tried to read the Terms & Conditions of I think it was the the Rabbit Card for travel on the BTS. They were very extensive, and stated that customers agreed to being videotaped on BTS stations, recorded on microphones and tracked throughout the system.

Seeing as nowadays, under the excuse of preventing money laundering, users are required to give ID or Passport details to obtain  the Rabbit Card, it's easy to track and identify anyone and everyone as they pass through the ticket barriers.

 

It's not hard to imagine that the BTS are doing exactly the same.

 

I tried posting them here on AN once on a thread about privacy, but they were removed for some reason by a moderator.

[Yagoda]

9 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I rode the BTS within a few months of its opening. In all my years, I have never seen, nor needed, a cop on a train, or platform.

Great point. I bet the crime rate is close to zero, a few dips and thats it.

 

 

[Yagoda]

51 minutes ago, phetphet said:

I once tried to read the Terms & Conditions of I think it was the the Rabbit Card for travel on the BTS. They were very extensive, and stated that customers agreed to being videotaped on BTS stations, recorded on microphones and tracked throughout the system.

Seeing as nowadays, under the excuse of preventing money laundering, users are required to give ID or Passport details to obtain  the Rabbit Card, it's easy to track and identify anyone and everyone as they pass through the ticket barriers.

 

It's not hard to imagine that the BTS are doing exactly the same.

 

I tried posting them here on AN once on a thread about privacy, but they were removed for some reason by a moderator.

If you arent an American, you should be used to being filmed everywhere.

[BillStrangeOgre]

I have occasionally seen the police on the MRT and the BTS but think they're just getting from A to B.

Don't understand why the OP thinks they're necessary. In all the years I've been using the MRT and BTS I've never seen a problem...does get a bit overcrowded at times though 😉 

[sandyf]

20 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Its a train, not rocket science LOL

The ticket machines and barriers were to many Thais at first.

[Gobbler]

9 hours ago, Yagoda said:

If you arent an American, you should be used to being filmed everywhere.

Why the American distinction? Meaning what? 

[Yagoda]

9 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

Why the American distinction? Meaning what? 

Less cameras in America

[hotsun]

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Less cameras in America

Thats true. Ive gotten away with stuff in the US that i wouldnt have been able to elsewhere. Nothing intentional, just mistakes that wouldnt have been forgiven somewhere else