{"id":2157,"date":"2015-02-05T11:56:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T09:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2015-02-05T11:56:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T09:56:48","slug":"bangkok-buses-have-route-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2157-bangkok-buses-have-route-maps","title":{"rendered":"Finally Bangkok buses have route maps inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is good news,\u00a0we will finally have route maps\u00a0displayed in public buses in Bangkok. It will greatly facilitate the lives of tourists tempted by this means of transport and even Thai for whom it was difficult to know which bus to take as they mainly know the lines they are used to take.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2158\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/bangkok-bus.jpg\" alt=\"Bangkok bus\" width=\"493\" height=\"342\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now Bangkok buses have route maps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With more than 6,000 buses in circulation on nearly 400 lines in the &#8220;Great Bangkok&#8221;, Bangkok bus\u00a0network is a huge canvas in which it is difficult to find your way. The absence of a map\u00a0was the\u00a0main problem for commutters. No\u00a0route map\u00a0existed on bus stops\u00a0or in the buses. Only maps could be purchased in\u00a0book\u00a0shops but were not always very clear.\u00a0But that was before !<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2159\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/bangkok-bus-line-map-600x272.jpg\" alt=\"Bangkok bus route map\" width=\"600\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/bangkok-bus-line-map-600x272.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/bangkok-bus-line-map-624x282.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/bangkok-bus-line-map.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The route map of bus line 107 in Bangkok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the initiative of a 25 years old young man who has developed his own maps, Smart VC proposed to show route maps\u00a0in Bangkok buses. He\u00a0was inspired by what is done in Europe and especially in Paris and London as shown in this video (in Thai) about\u00a0this revolution in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/transportation-thailand\/transportation-in-bangkok.php\">transportation in Bangkok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.voicetv.co.th\/content\/embed?id=162690\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On this maps\u00a0only the main stops have their names listed in Thai and English but there is small white points for each stop between these &#8220;big&#8221; stops. Interconnections with <a href=\"\/eng\/transportation-thailand\/skytrain-bangkok-bts\">BTS (Bangkok Skytrain)<\/a>, MRT (subway) or Airport Link are also indicated on the maps. For the Chao Phraya Express, we do not have information, but it is probably also the case.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">If you need to know which bus to take to go to the main places in\u00a0Bangkok,\u00a0you can use\u00a0our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/transportation-thailand\/find-bus-in-bangkok.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">bus search engine in Bangkok<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/transportation-thailand\/find-bus-in-bangkok.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\"><strong>http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/transportation-thailand\/find-bus-in-bangkok.php<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For now, the new maps\u00a0are in the buses themselves. I did\u00a0not checked if all buses have them (I&#8217;m not in\u00a0Bangkok). We hope to see them appear soon on bus stops too. Before, smartphone applications &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>(thank you Marcie for this information !)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is good news,\u00a0we will finally have route maps\u00a0displayed in public buses in Bangkok. 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