'Spider' card coming to Bangkok

[Alexx]

White. White. White.

[ChristianPFC]

Some Bangkok buses have card readers installed at the doors, and all buses now have an LCD screen that shows, among others, use of cards and the card reader.

Correction: most buses have LCD screens.

 

z909: Finally, with all the free education on offer in most countries (school & in most countries, beyond, at some level or other), there is no excuse for been unskilled.   

There are plenty who cannot be educated and will remain unskilled, no matter how much you school them.

[pong]

Buses-but strangely enough the old red ones (that I well remember to start appearing on BKKs streets-around 91/92) first, get 2 different types of electronic thingies: (in EUR/Germany buses usually get discarded after 7-8 years-after which they can still serve people in East-EUR for that amount after)

1.GPS-this is also shown as next stop on top in Thai only of the large screens that endlessly promote that today declared useless ''eticket'' which is in fact money-box payment and no e at all

2.various preparations to make them fit for OPO=one person operation, which is common around the world. Because of its ridiculous mid-doors here in BKK, there are camera's to give the driver a look at them-therefore is another screen for him and those e-ticketing devices-that will not be adapted though. The readers/orange are indeed for the mangmoon and IF working can be used by the poorpeoples govmt. cards that replace the old free buses system. If not working, conductors have kind of Ifones able to get the free travel-amount lowered. It is amazing how few people actually use it-most are elderly who get half fare with Thai ID. (thats 3,25 THb instead of 6,50-with stamina you can go well over 30 kms for that).

FREE red buses still run for now to/from Sanam Luang on lines 2-Ekamai-511/516 to SaiThai, 59/509 to Anusawaree and Mochit2 and to HuaLamPong train statiuon. There is also the free 11-wat bus, with large yellow signs that circles most of old town.

[Guest]

Even Manila has a swipe card system that works on all 3 lines. That's in a country so disorganised it makes Thailand look like Switzerland.

 

(Also, the previous post I wrote should read "no excuse for being unskilled". )