Piers in Greater Bangkok to be improved to meet international standard

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Piers in Greater Bangkok to be improved to meet international standard

BANGKOK, 16 October 2014 (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport is looking to improve the water transportation system in Greater Bangkok toward the international standard and to implement a shared electronic ticketing system with the electric trains and the buses.

Deputy Transport Minister Arkom Termpittayapaisit on Wednesday inspected piers along the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi and Bangkok, as well as connection points with the electric train system and the bus system.

After the inspection, Mr. Akhom said the Marine Department and related agencies have been told to quickly make improvements to 19 out of 39 piers, in order for them to meet the international standard.

The improved piers will also have more facilities for users, such as a waiting area separate from the platform, shops, and screens that display seating availability and ferry schedules.

The said improvement work will first commence at three piers – Nonthaburi, Sathon and Pinklao. Work at the three piers is expected to be finished by April, 2015.

Improvement to six more piers is expected to be compled in 2016. The remaining 10 piers will be improved by 2018. With the improvements, the Ministry of Transport hopes to encourage more people to use the water transportation system.


-- NNT 2014-10-16

[chainarong]

This is indeed a step in the right direction and encouraging water travel as a transport system is good as it gets , of course one could be facetious and also point out that Thailand also needs to meet International standards in quite a few other area's, that one hopes will be addressed accordingly, however not to steel the river transports thunder all together , a great Idea and sound plans, beautiful.

[Costas2008]

This is indeed a step in the right direction and encouraging water travel as a transport system is good as it gets , of course one could be facetious and also point out that Thailand also needs to meet International standards in quite a few other area's, that one hopes will be addressed accordingly, however not to steel the river transports thunder all together , a great Idea and sound plans, beautiful.

Here, Here.......very good post.

The only thing I would add is, teach the Thais to swim.......you never know what can happen..........

Had enough hearing about road accidents, don't want to start hearing about water accidents.

[Dogmatix]

Gotta love it when they say they are doing things to international standards - riot control, murder investigations....

[monkey4u]

How about using a Gang plank to allow people with a disability to board safely.

This idea of stepping from a rocking pier to a rocking boat can be difficult for those with walking sticks

Silly me

We in Thailand don't give a Rats Ass

[eliotness]

So what international standard are we talking about, ISO xyz ? or maybe Indian or Bangladesh !

[eliotness]

So what international standard are we talking about, ISO xyz ? or maybe Indian or Bangladesh !

[allan michaud]

So what international standard are we talking about, ISO xyz ? or maybe Indian or Bangladesh !

I very much doubt there is any such 'international standard', this is just some idiot talking out of his backside.

[WitawatWatawit]

And miss entertainment like this?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QEAlpaLQYCM

[eliotness]

Members of the Thai Standards Authority, or whatever it's called, attend most ISO meetings. Therefore the government should have known that there is no international standard for the construction or use of piers. As you said just another official spouting bullshit.

[sprq]

Deficient reporting yet again. Does this mean the Chao Phya plus all the canals? Apparently not, because it names only some river piers. It appears to concern only the express river boat, so why didn't NNT say so?

And anyway, the notion that any of the boat services can be linked to a transferable city-wide ticket system is pie in the sky. The BTS and MRT can't even do that, and they have the only hi-tech public transport systems currently in use. Etc etc etc etc.

This is just dreaming.