Criss-crossing Bangkok part 176
1. Bus 1-50343 for route 95ก. Happyland – Busterminal Mochit 2.
Pradiphat Road. 18 April 2023.
2. Bus 1-41(11) for route 92 (05.00-22.30h): Soi Phatthanakan 21 – Victory Monument.
Pradiphat Road. 18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 103 minutes.
3. Bus 5-40164 for route 15 (04-22.00h): National Theather – Ratchapruek.
Pradiphat Road. 18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 46 minutes
4. Bus 3-15036 for route 536 (04.00-21.20h): Mochit 2 Bus Depot – Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo Bus Depot.
Kamphaen Phet Road. 18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 69 minutes.
5. Busroute 39 (05.00-22.30h): Victory Monument (Phahon Yothin Side) – Rangsit/Bangkhan. Phahonyothin Road near BTS-station Saphan Khwai. A very busy stop, not far from the Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum. 18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 121 minutes.
6. Busroute 27 (05.00-22.00h): Victory Monument (Phahon Yothin Side) – Minburi Police station. The total trip duration for this route is approximately 79 minutes.
18 April 2023.
7. Bus 1-40061 for route 34 (24 hours): Hua Lamphong – Rangsit Bus depot.
Phahonyothin Road near BTS-station Saphan Khwai. 18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 85 minutes.
8. Busroute 8 (05.00-21.45 (on Sat. and Sun. 22.30h)): Saphan Put – Happyland. Phahonyothin Road near BTS-station Saphan Khwai. 23 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 108 minutes.
The current service dates back to about 1954, being originally operated by the Nai Lert bus company. Its route starts at Memorial Bridge (Saphan Phut) in the heart of Bangkok and runs for over 20 km out to Happyland Market, a journey that can take anything from 1.5 to 3 hours depending on traffic conditions.
Route 8’s infamy starts with its ranking in surveys as the most complained about bus route in all of Bangkok. In 2014 the BMTA’s hotline received about 20 complaints per month about the Number 8 route.
Many more of the complaints are about the bad behaviour of drivers and conductors. Frequent complaints are about bad driving describing buses swerving about the road to get ahead of traffic or to beat other buses to pick up passengers or else not stopping at the designated stops. Social media abounds with clips of dangerous driving and conductors being rude and abusive to their passengers. Furthermore a 2011 police report found that violent student fights broke out more frequently on the Number 8 route than any other.
9. Bus 2-42(4) for route 44 (05.00- 21.45 (on Sat. and Sun. 22.30h)): Tha Tien – Happyland Junction.
Phahonyothin Road near BTS-station Saphan Khwai. 18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 105 minutes.
10 Busroute 28 (05.00-21.45 (on Sat. and Sun. 22.30h)): Ratchayothin (Phahonyothin 36) – Southern Bus Terminal.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 89 minutes.
18 April 2023.
11 Bus 39-17 for route 39 (05.00-22.30h): Victory Monument (Phahon Yothin Side) – Rangsit/Bangkhan. Phahonyothin Road near BTS-station Saphan Khwai. A very busy stop, not far from the Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum. 18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 121 minutes.
12 Busroute 59 (24 hours): Rangsit Bus depot – Sanam Luang.
Busstop Saphan Khwai along Phahonyothin Road near BTS-station Saphan Khwai.18 April 2023.
The total trip duration for this route is approximately 93 minutes.