Thailand. Bangkok Public Transportation

Travels

Sep 26, 2012

All our life — a movement, and life can move on foot, personal or public transport. If things go well, you'll probably prefer private transport, but in a foreign country have to use public transport without instructions sometimes not enough. So today let's talk about how fast, inexpensive and not move around on foot Bangkok.

The best mode of transport in Bangkok, according to our version, the car is a taxi. Now explain. First, in a huge number of taxis, a feeling that Bangkok — a city taxi drivers, not angels. Second, thanks to the wonderful coloring, taxi drivers very easy to see:

Bright colors can refresh any congestion even impart it notes positive.

And, thirdly, it is of course the financial side of the issue and convenience. We came across only new cars, with air conditioning and leather interior. As for prices, they are very democratic, 35 baht ($1) will have to pay for the land, which includes the first 2 kilometers, and then every subsequent kilometer will cost about 5 baht. For an easy to mash will have to pay. If the route will speed highways, the burden of tolls ranging from 40 to 60 baht also fall on your shoulders.

It is better to choose a taxi with the inscription TAXI-METER (taksimetr), which indicates that the car is counter — the best ally naive tourist. Counter is excellent evidence base in disputes with taxi drivers of any morality. So do not forget to switch it, or the end of the trip will have to engage in lengthy negotiations, the local taxi drivers do not speak English especially.

By the way, taksimetrah can always find a table with tariffs.

Not for pedantry we clarified that our favorite mode of transport was the most car taxi. In Bangkok competition car taxi mototaksi is not to be confused with the fat-tukom of these figures later.

Mototaksi cheaper, faster and more dangerous:

Distinguish licensed from private owners biker vest can be.

Professional mototaksysty also usually gather in small groups and play beer caps at some kind of checkers.

No air conditioning, but you obduvatyme pleasant breeze:

Mototaksi — the perfect way to travel short distances, up to 5 km. For example, go to dinner and back:

To you not misled, rates and photos placed on taxi stops:

With a hired vehicle were tuk-tuki. They occupy last place in terms of price / quality.

This type of transport has nothing to do with Indian or Sri Lankan Rickshaw:

They do not enjoy even the locals. They go to the gas prices sky-high lomyat earn mainly on tourists who consider it exotic and traditional Thai transport. One kilometer costs 1-2 dollars. For the price and even cheaper to ride in the cab with air conditioning.

This is not saying that a bunch of fat-tukah restrictions!

If you do not mind the close spiritual company, we can ride bus. Thai bus more advanced than ours.

There is no standing places:

And beautiful viewing angle from the window:

But the main advantage is not the point. Thai taxis deduce this concept to a new level, this is really a taxi. Before you get on a bus, you agree the details of the route of the driver and if it is on the way, it may slightly deviate from the set route and ride you to the right place. Of course, for this service have to pay the amount agreed too. In small towns deviation can be so great that you can change the number of the route:

As for the subway. In Bangkok it is, even the two species. First, in the recent 1999 appeared Structural underground, often it is called skaytreyn or use the abbreviation BTS. Lines celestial trains are as follows:

Following the skaytreyn, in 2004, opened an underground subway (MRT). We somehow not photographed any exterior stations, but the interiors are all typical:

The fare depends on the distance of travel. At the stations hang tips, look where you want to go and buy a ticket for this amount:

Tickets can be purchased at the box office:

Or the machines:

Click on the button of the corresponding amount and throw coins:

Taking flight:

A ticket for one trip, caring boy tells how to use the escalator:

And we pass the turnstiles on the platform:

Nothing interesting, let's go look at the underground version.

A little better. All the inscriptions made in two languages, direct access to the tracks there. Metro has not gained popularity among Thai suicide:

Doors open only when the car stopped in front of them underground:

Inside the cars, too, all right, nice and clean, with little advertising:

Very tishyat poles in the center, it's really easy!

In cars maintained a comfortable temperature and humidity:

At the last stop cleaning conducts sweep wagon:

A security checks after that to:

Carry weapons in the subway probably difficult. CPR immediately aroused nostalgia for the Delhi Metro :

In the underground metro Unlike the skaytreyn, using tokens, they are also sold in vending machines and also a certain distance. We have used skaytreyn, this will not surprise us:

At the entrance to the turnstile counter prytulyayetsya, and the output is cast into a hole:

All MRT station have almost the same appearance:

No you frescoes, mosaics, paintings and other beauty. All woodworking, boring, well:

Although the station is Museum:

But, however, also about anything.

It's time you learn about the buses. Buses — the cheapest form of public transport in Bangkok and this is his best characteristic.

Just say that the night bus in Bangkok there. Navigate to the bus routes using the card turned out quite easily. Find map your location and search for the nearest bus stop, and then — a trick. Buses come in several forms. There is a budget class, without air conditioning, wooden floors, but cheap.

There is a class above buses are equipped with fans:

And there's * landmark class, with air conditioning and comfortable seats, but the status will have to pay for twice the price:

Sacrament of ticket sales going on inside the bus, to overcome the wall of misunderstanding conductor helps auditorium:

To store tickets, instead of the usual Suitcases, Bangkok conductors equipped with special boxes, which they kept click:

We have discovered the secret of the mysterious sounds, is they need not only to nervous passengers, so the conductor pulls pass, and then it opens:

The driver of passengers nothing separates:

Bangkok stands on the Chao Phraya River, and if there is a river, why not put it on the river tram, said — done. Special names for boats carrying people there. They are called — boat (boat). Pierce scattered along the coast. Each pier is a map of the route.

If you do not consider the ferries that ply between the shores of the Chao Phraya River, there are three types of boats: blue (moving almost nonstop), yellow (stop more often), orange (stop wherever possible, but compensate for this low price).