BANGKOK, May 16 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Transport said on Friday that, state-run buses will resume cross-country services between Bangkok and the North and Northeast on May 18, a day after the Phase Two lock-down restrictions are eased.
Inter-provincial buses were suspended in mid-Apr to curb the COVID-19 outbreak.
Services to the South will start on June 1.
Meanwhile, the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) said, the number of its passengers will increase by 100,000 a day, when shopping centres reopen on May 17.
The daily number of Bangkok bus passengers would rise by 100,000 from 517,000 and thus the BMTA would increase its daily bus trips by 3,000 trips from 25,000 trips, said BMTA director-general, Surachai Iamwachirakul.
The Thai government had earlier approved the second phase of the easing of lock-down measures from May 17 (tomorrow), to help lift the economy,
The second phase include re-opening of large venues, including shopping malls that cater to large numbers of people.
