Normal service at BTS/MRT
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The skytrain and subway have maintained normal services on Wednesday, despite higher water levels in several areas which significantly reduces the number of commuters.
Anat Arbhabhirama, an advisor to the board of Bangkok Mass Transit System which operates the skytrain, said that the number of daily commuters sharply plunges from 500,000 to 100,000.
He noted that the skytrain service would be disrupted when water level in Mo Chit, where the main operating system is located, is as high as 1.65 metre. At present, it is only 50cm.
Meanwhile, Ronachit Yaemsa-ard, acting governor of Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand - the operator of the MRT subway, said that normal services are maintained at all 18 stations. Water level at four stations - Chatuchak, Phaholyothin, Lat Phrao and Ratchadapisek - is under close watch. The subway now accommodates about 160,000 commuters daily.
