Buses in Bangkok
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Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, has an extensive bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
network providing local transit services within the Greater Bangkok area. Most regular services are operated by the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA). Private Joint Buses also operate on a major portion of the routes under concession
Concession (contract)
A concession is a business operated under a contract or license associated with a degree of exclusivity in business within a certain geographical area. For example, sports arenas or public parks may have concession stands. Many department stores contain numerous concessions operated by other...
.
The Bangkok BRT
Bangkok BRT
BRT Bus Rapid Transit is a new transit system in Bangkok, Thailand.A plan has been approved to build 5 bus routes to a design similar to the TransJakarta...
is a planned bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
service initiated under the Bangkok government of Apirak Kosayothin
Apirak Kosayothin
Apirak Kosayodhin is a former Thai business executive and former governor of Bangkok. In the gubernatorial elections on August 29, 2004 he won 40% of the votes...
, and is still under construction as of 2008.
Inter-city bus services are operated by the Transport Co., Ltd. with north- and northeast-bound, eastbound and southbound buses leaving from the Chatuchak (Mo Chit 2), Ekkamai and South Bangkok Bus Terminals, respectively.