Top 10 poorest bus service routes in Bangkok

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Top 10 poorest bus service routes in Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Transport today revealed the top 10 bus routes in the capital operated by pool bus operators having the poorest services, with the air-conditioned bus Route Por Or 8 (Romklao Housing Estate-Memorial Bridge) coming on the top.

For the poorest service bus route operated by the state-run Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), Route 29 (Rangsit-Hua Lampong) stands on the first of the list.

The ministry said the poorest services were rated from the number of complaints filed to the ministry’s complaint centre by the people travelling on city buses operated by BMTA and its privately run pool bus companies during the 2015 fiscal year beginning October 2014 to the end of September this year.

The most complaints used for rating are reckless driving, driving on right lanes and not stopping at bus stops, impoliteness of bus employees, and abandoning passengers.

Air-conditioned bus Route Por Or 8 (Romklao Housing Estate-Memorial Bridge) which is operated by a pool bus company received the highest of 345 complaints, or an average one complaint a day.

Coming second on the poorest service is Mini Bus Route 1 (Thanon Tok-Thatien) with 330 complaints, and followed by Route 122 (Huey Kwang-Mor Chit) with 188 complaints, Route 75 (Buddha Bucha-Hua Lampong) with 170 complaints, and Mini Bus Route 71 (Pattavikorn-Wat Thatthong) with 110 complaints.

The other routes in respective poor rating are air-conditioned bus Route Por Or 44, Route Por Or 40, Route 57, Mini Bus Route 78 and Mini Bus Route 6.

For the BMTA operated routes, poorest service was Route 29 (Hua Lampong-Rangsit), 60 complaints, followed by Route 145 (Paknam-Morchit), 35 complaints, Route 34 Rangsit-Hua Lampong), 33 complaints, Route 26 (Minburi-Victory Monument), 30 complaints, Route Wongkrom-Ramkhamhaeng, 29 complaints, and Route 59 (Rangsit-Sanam Luang), and Route 95 (Bang Khen-Bangkapi), received same number of 29 complaints.

Following behind are Route 511 (Paknam- New Southern Bus Terminal), 15 complaints, Route 510 (Thammasat Rangsit Centre-Victory Monument), 13 complaints, Route 7 (Klong Kwang-Hua Lampong), 12 complaints.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/top-10-poorest-bus-service-routes-in-bangkok

-- Thai PBS 2015-11-09

[Cuchulainn]

Yeah and what's going to be done about it?

[steven100]

Yeah and what's going to be done about it?

the drivers will receive an award

[Fookhaht]

Yeah and what's going to be done about it?

Maybe a paid, inactive post for the first driver who can run up 10,000 complaints?

[ozzieovaseas]

This is a drop in the ocean compared to the complaints they will get when the free red buses stop. I think i read they

will be discontinuing them at the end of this year, if memory serves.

[meltingpot2015]

Surprised route 52 isn't on there. It goes past Saphan Kwai - MoChit - Chaeng Watthana immigration. I say "goes past", obviously, not often enough.

Edited November 9, 2015 by meltingpot2015

[steven100]

This is a drop in the ocean compared to the complaints they will get when the free red buses stop. I think i read they

will be discontinuing them at the end of this year, if memory serves.

damn ...... then how will I get to the shop to buy my lao khao

[BKKdreaming]

ummm only use #40 on the bad list, but where does "bad" begin ?

For what they have to do and BKK traffic they do a good job ,

yeah if you threw millions of baht at them they could buy new buses , but I think the submarines are needed more than buses

[bangon04]

"The most complaints used for rating are reckless driving, driving on right lanes and not stopping at bus stops, impoliteness of bus employees, and abandoning passengers."

so nothing too unusual or out of the ordinary, then....

[meltingpot2015]

Cannot comprehend how BKK traffic can affect the ratings used..i.e. how does the traffic situation affect impoliteness of bus employees. To be honest, I haven't really come across many impolite bus employees. Have come across many impolite taxi drivers though.

BKK's traffic just seems like an excuse for anything and everything. We can throw money at a problem, hire consultants, or make the system more efficient. There must be some reasons why there are so many cars on the BKK streets.

Edited November 10, 2015 by meltingpot2015

[kingalfred]

The whole road system in Bangkok is a complete and utter mess. Clogged up with traffic and getting worse

[meltingpot2015]

Develop flexi-time and alternate work schedules...commuter friendly pavements/side-walks...more/well maintained cycle lanes...look at other cities that have tackled the issue.

[Stokakrishna]

Yeah and what's going to be done about it?

the drivers will receive an award

might be true.

drivers can be bad, but they cannot lose face

[jacky54]

was on the 38 once when they were racing a rival bus, conductor would not allow driver (husband) to stop and let people off, red/cream govt free buses are the worst all round, psycho driving! Worst problem is overcrowding at peak times, very dangerous and uncomfortable. I will not get on now unless there are seats, bit claustrophobic. Mrs got on one the other day and so many people got on in the end she could only get one foot on the floor, crazy.

Edited November 10, 2015 by jacky54

[dddave]

I use the #40 and #511 fairly often and find them to be generally pretty good. Both are very long routes. I once took the #40 full circle and it took close to four hours. I would think it very difficult to maintain a schedule with such a long route.

Drivers of AC buses seem to me to be more skillful and courteous than the drivers of the Red and Blue.

It is not that unusual for a bus to zoom past me at a bus stop, disregarding my Thai style wave. I used to think it was anti-farang prejudice but recently notice that they do it to Thais as well, usually when it's just one person at the stop.

The orange mini-bus drivers, including the #71 mentioned in this article are easily the worst but their working arrangement shares a burden of the blame. These guys basically lease these buses for a flat daily rate. I'm not sure whether or not they also have to cover fuel. They don't make a Baht until they have covered their lease so they compete aggressively for passengers, racing past each other, jumping stoplights and cutting in and out of traffic. Being a standee on one of these is an adventure in hanging on. I avoid them whenever possible.

[nikmar]

I love the 365 on the Bang Na Trat rd. you can, literally, wait for an hour and then 3 turn up at once.