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A woman passenger was injured when a No. 552 bus caught fire in front of Pantip Plaza mall on Ngam Wong Wan Road in Nonthaburi province on Monday night.

Despite opposition from its labour union, state-run bus operator Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) is going ahead with a plan to hire a private company to operate an electric-vehicle fleet of 400 buses.

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has warned people to stop believing rumours that it will stop providing bus services from Friday onwards.

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) expects a 10 per cent boost in revenue this year after passenger numbers fell by about 50 per cent in 2021 due to the pandemic.

Ministry of Transport’s Joint Ticket Committee expected to launch the Europay Mastercard and Visa (EMV) cards that can be used to pay for fares of trains, electric boats and public buses in Bangkok areas in March of next year, said minister Saksayam Chidchob on Thursday.

The Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to provide subsidies of 2.28 billion baht to the Bangkok Mass Transit Organisation (BMTA) and 3.38 billion baht to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) announced on Tuesday that four of its public bus staff members have tested positive for Covid-19.

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) added more vehicles to its fleet of buses after the easing of lockdown has bumped the number of commuters to 400,000 daily.

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will adjust the schedule of public buses in the metropolitan area to comply with Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s order to put Bangkok and nine other provinces under a partial 14-day lockdown from Monday to contain the surging virus cases and deaths.

A free air-conditioned shuttle bus service will ferry Bangkok residents to the city’s main Covid-19 vaccination point at Bang Sue Grand Station from Monday (June 7).

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will cut the number of bus trips on routes with few passengers from Wednesday, in a bid to contain the surge of Covid-19 infections.

A video clip showing a bus driver stopping in the middle of a Bangkok expressway to rescue a stranded dog has won people’s hearts.