webfact Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Greater Bangkok buses get English characters By The Nation BANGKOK: -- English characters will appear in Greater Bangkok’s bus-numbering system on select routes in a one-month trial. Starting Tuesday, the characters will appear on eight new routes including G21 (Rangsit-Rama V Pier); G59E (Min Buri-Si Phraya Pier via the expressway); R3 (Rama IX Park-National Stadium); and R41 (Tok Road-Happyland). The other routes are Y59 (Taling Chan Train Station-Krathum Ban); Y61 (Settakij Village-Chatuchak Bus Terminal); B44 (Rama IX-Suttisarn) and B45 (Ua Arthon Beung Kum-Memorial Bridge). “G” stands for green, “R” for red, “Y” for yellow and “B” for blue. The B area covers inner suburbs of Greater Bangkok and some of its northern parts; G is for eastern and northeastern parts; R for southern and southeastern parts; and Y for southern and western parts. “E” stands for expressways. To ensure commuters do not get confused, the old route numbers are visible on the front of buses. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30323747 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 That's hard to see after dark...can they not make it from LED lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobredin Ghusputin Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 F1 stands for Formula One ie. won't stop, may stop somewhere sometime, or will stop in the middle of anywhere anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 An empty post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Why make it a trial ? If they indeed want to participate fully in ASEAN standards then it's high time they make English a mandatory language on all public buildings and transit. Phase it in for 5 years, with both English and Thai signage and jettison the Thai after that. You may never get the public speaking or comprehending spoken English but most Thais already know the alphabet and this would be a step towards at least gaining partial participation. Then same concept applies with Arabic numbers (what we use in the west), and now almost universally this has replaced Thai scripting for numbers. Time to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Perhaps they should switch out all the road signs to English only at the same time. It'll be a crash course in language study! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xobtsiwt Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 There goes being the only farang on the bus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 There will be a backlash, laws past, protests... Not Thainess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNoRantMe Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Good News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 "Greater Bangkok buses get English characters" My first thought was they were going to employ smock clad people to sit on the buses, chewing on a straw and saying "ooh aah", in between drinking cider and complaining about the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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