Extra buses, trains to cope with return to Bangkok
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With up to 20,000 people expected to board buses from Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal to Bangkok, 500 bus trips (with a further 50 buses as backup) were prepared.
Streams of people returning from their holiday continued to pass through Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong Train Station, but the State Railway of Thailand prepared 270 trains to cope with the 120,000 expected travellers and was confident none would be left behind. Flooding in the south has affected the southern train services, forcing them to stop at Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Khok Khram station, Songkhla’s Hat Yai station or Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Thung Song station.
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department chief Wibul Sanguanpong said today was the last day of the holiday, so many would be travelling back to work resulting in heavy traffic congestion, especially on roads leading to Bangkok.
The Road Safety Centre therefore had police officials operating at checkpoints particularly on main roads, so as to stop drunk, speeding or sleepy drivers, and accommodate traffic flows.
Traffic on Nakhon Ratchasima’s Mitraparp Highway started to build up today, as many vehicles headed to Bangkok, so cars could only drive at up to 60-90km/h.
