"Saen Saeb Canal"

The Saen Saeb canal boat services will be halted during the long Songkran holidays, as the operator expects fewer commuters.

Motorists have been advised to avoid the Srinakarin Road bridge over Saen Saeb canal in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district until March 22 in both directions. The bridge is the site of construction work on the Yellow Line train route from Lat Phrao to Samrong.

Thousands of Bangkokians are set to ride the city’s new electric-boat service for free this week, after Monday’s opening of Klong Saen Saep’s Bang Kapi-Minburi route.

As part of moves to develop the capital’s canals and improve the lives of residents, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is getting ready to launch an electric boat service in the Saen Saep canal.

Fares on shuttle boats plying Bangkok’s main Saen Saeb canal will rise by 1 baht from Friday (January 14), the service provider announced on Monday.

The Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to earmark 82.5 billion baht to rehabilitate Bangkok’s Saen Saeb canal over the next decade (2021-2031). The proposal for the canal’s rehabilitation was made by the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR).

Saen Saep canal boat operators are adding more services amid concern that crowding from high passenger numbers could help spread Covid-19 in Bangkok.

A 14-year-old boy's diving excursion in Saen Saeb Canal in Bangkok’s Dusit district proved fatal as he was hit by the turbine of a passing taxi boat.

The Harbour Department will install traffic signs and lights on the Saen Saeb Canal as a pilot project to try to prevent boat accidents, a deputy department chief said on Wednesday.

Police are trying to determine if a man whose body parts were found in Bangkok’s Saen Saeb Canal had been murdered.

The dismembered body parts found floating in Bangkok’s Saen Saeb Canal have been identified as those of a 49-year-old Thai man, Winai Jaisaen, based on the information from his two thumbs.

The body an unidentified foreigner was found floating on Saen Saeb Canal in Bangkok’s Vadhana district on Saturday morning, police said.