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Southern Bus Terminal - Bangkok
Southern Bus Terminal
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City Buses: Cheap Bus Fare (Bangkok)
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  • shintarojon
  • Updated By shintarojon on March 4, 2004
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  • Ordinary bus (red) - Bangkok
    Ordinary bus (red)
    by shintarojon
    Taking ordinary bus is still the cheapest one but you have to bear the consequences...you may not able to meet your appointment on time due to heavy traffic specially during rush hours!!! It is important to know the bus number or else...you won't reach your destination!!!

    Regardless of distance:
    Red bus fare - THB 4
    White and Blue bus fare - THB 5

    Bus #47 - from Khao San Road to
    1. Wat Prah Kaew
    2. Grand Palace
    3. Wat Pho
    4. China town
    5. Siam Square
    6. Sala Daeng
    7. MBK

    Bus #163
    1. National Stadium - Mall Tha Pra
    2. Mall Tha Pra - Sala Daeng

    Others:
    1. National Stadium - Khao San Road (Bus #15)
    2. National Stadium - Sam Yan (Bus #25)

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  • Suet
  • By Suet on October 19, 2003
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  • Cheap and convenient, if a little crowded. I was hardly paying attention to where we were going as I was fascinated by the quick and skilful ticket and change technique of the bus conductress! She had this little metal tube of coins and tickets and, while keeping her feet without holding on (no mean task, I can assure you The driver clearly felt he wasn't doing his job if he left every passenger standing up!) she delivered change, tore and marked tickets, tided away the notes and sorted out her little box with very neat and deft movements. It was like poetry in motion.....

    The bus? oh yes. Clean, airconditioned, but very full.

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    City Buses: City Buses All Shapes 7 Sizes
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  • Mikebb
  • By Mikebb on March 23, 2006
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  • Modern small bus, larger bus in background - Bangkok
    Modern small bus, larger bus
    in background
    by Mikebb
    Buses can be seen in most areas of Bangkok, very crowded in peak hours like all other public transport, however they are subject to traffic jams and your 10 minute journey may take an hour during peak traffic hours. We always took the Skytrain this trip, on previous trips we have also used Tuk Tuk and Taxi.
    Buses can be airconditioned or not with the fare on airconditioned buses approximately twice the cost, however bus fares are very cheap ranging from 5 to 20 baht.

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    City Buses: Bangkok Bus
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  • volopolo
  • Updated By volopolo on August 24, 2008
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  • Bus in Bangkok - Bangkok
    Bus in Bangkok
    by volopolo, 4 more photos
    Bus! A good way of seeing the real Bangkok, buses are ridiculously cheap.


    My Photos
    First Photo: Bus in Bangkok
    Second photo: Bus Station near Siam
    Third Photo: Bus stop beside MBK Centre
    Fourth Photo: Traffic in Rama road in Siam center Bangkok
    Fifth Photo: Bus in Chinatown, Bangkok

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    City Buses: Northeastern Bus Terminal
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  • volopolo
  • Updated By volopolo on August 15, 2009
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  • Bus in Bangkok - Bangkok
    Bus in Bangkok
    by volopolo, 4 more photos
    Northeastern Bus Terminal

    Kampaengphet 2 Rd, Bangkok Tel: 0-2936-2852-66 ext.605 0-2936-0657

    Take a bus to the Northeast provinces Thailand's


    My Photos
    First Photo: Buses in Siam, the centre of Bangkok
    Second photo: Mo Chit Bus Station
    Third photo: Mo Chit Bus Station
    Forth photo: You can smoke here
    Fifth Photo: Mo Chit Bus Station

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  • Updated By aukjejetty on August 15, 2004
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  • Bustickets - Bangkok
    Bustickets
    by aukjejetty
    The best way to get around in Bangkok is to take the bus. The non-aircon busses are only 4 baht, and you pay a little more for the aircon busses. You just pay the fare on the bus, a busconductor will walk towards you and you just give the 4 baht (try to have it small). He or she will give you a ticket.

    Most of the busses only have Thai writing on them, which makes it hard to find the right bus. So, you have to find out what number takes you where you want to go. I remember bus 47, which we took from the Kao San Road area to the shopping centres.

    Sometime busses with the same number [but different color bus] go in different directions, so watch the color of the bus when you get on, just so you know what color to look for when you head back.

    Another thing I found out which is good to know: if you sit on the backseat, and you see a monk walk in, please stand up, the backseat is reserved for the monks. And the first bench behind the door is for disabled and elderly.

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    City Buses: A Few Important Buslines
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  • By aukjejetty on August 15, 2004
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  • Traffic in Bangkok - Bangkok
    Traffic in Bangkok
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    Bus 15 goes from Kao San Road to Siam, Silom, and the Cambodian Embassy. Take this bus also for the Myanmar Embassy.

    Bus 53 will take you from Kao San Road to the main train station 'Hua Lamphong'.

    Bus 3 will go all the way to Chatuchak (weekend) market from Kao San Road area at Banglumpoo.

    From Silom you can take bus 77 to the World Trade Center.

    If you see your bus arriving you have to wave your hand, but, please, do it the Thai way: palm of the hand upside-down. If you do it the other way it is regarded as a obscene gesture.

    Inside the bus you have to push a button to ring the bell if you want to get off.

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    City Buses: Bangkok City Buses
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  • By Pat_Bangkok on October 22, 2006
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  • City Buses - Bangkok
    by Pat_Bangkok
    There are a lot of buses offered in Bangkok going to all places, with a fare starting at 3.5 baht for open air buses. Air-conditioned blue buses have minimum and maximum fares from 8 to 16 baht. Euro II or Orange air-conditioned buses charge 10-20 baht. Air-conditioned microbuses charge a flat fare of 20 baht all routes. For more information call Bangkok Mass Transit Service at 184 or 0-2246-0973.

    A buses route map is available at bookshops. A free city map can also be picked up at The Bangkok Tourist Division office, Bangkok Tourist Information Booths throughout Bangkok and the TAT office .

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  • Phone: 184 or 0-2246-0973
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    City Buses: Buses
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  • By yen_2 on March 31, 2003
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  • City Buses - Bangkok
    by yen_2
    There are more than 3,000 buses tooling all over Bangkok, a figure that doesn't include all those private and mini-buses. Riding with a bus is the very cheapest ways around the area, the fares starts at around 4 baht but can also be very slow and can be very hot.

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    City Buses: The Green buses
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  • By Rojo72 on May 23, 2004
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  • One of the hasardous buses! - Bangkok
    One of the hasardous
    buses!
    by Rojo72
    If you feel like really taking part of the Bangkok traffic and also travel like the thais you should consider talking the green buses that run all over town. The problem is only knowing which one goes where... I was lucky that my friend lived in Bangkok and knew what bus to take and where to hop off. It was REALLY cheap (2 or 3 baht I think!) and fun too to feel like a thai...kinda.

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