I speak, others follow: BTS overcrowding

[thonglor55]

What can I say? I posted a few days ago in the Forum about overcrowding on the Sukhumvit line (http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/gay-thailand-f9/overcrowding-bts-mrt-t21570.html), and today there's a columnist in The Nation following my lead. Dave Sherman has suggested that the Sukhumvit line needs more carriages: "Longer trains desperately needed on the BTS Sukhumvit line (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Longer-trains-desperately-needed-on-the-BTS-Sukhum-30164480.html)" he writes, and then goes on to tell us the This Is Thailand response from BTS. Amazing Thailand indeed - not longer trains for every train but a whole two extra trains an hour.

[Dick]

What can I say? I posted a few days ago in the Forum about overcrowding on the Sukhumvit line (http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/gay-thailand-f9/overcrowding-bts-mrt-t21570.html), and today there's a columnist in The Nation following my lead. Dave Sherman has suggested that the Sukhumvit line needs more carriages: "Longer trains desperately needed on the BTS Sukhumvit line (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Longer-trains-desperately-needed-on-the-BTS-Sukhum-30164480.html)" he writes, and then goes on to tell us the This Is Thailand response from BTS. Amazing Thailand indeed - not longer trains for every train but a whole two extra trains an hour.

What can anyone say? We are indeed indebted to you Thonglar for drawing this to the Board's attention.
Has anyone conducted a survey regarding platform length at each of the stations along the route, and the length of the proposed longer trains - double? Which are the principal stations at which travellers alight; the effect of inreased hoards from longer trains safely exiting the station and the impact increased numbers alighting from a single train might have on the local infrastructure.

Whatever personal thoughts we might have, to my mind there's little the likes of a falang can do about it.

What can I say? I posted a few days ago in the Forum about overcrowding on the Sukhumvit line (http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/forum/gay-thailand-f9/overcrowding-bts-mrt-t21570.html), and today there's a columnist in The Nation following my lead. Dave Sherman has suggested that the Sukhumvit line needs more carriages: "Longer trains desperately needed on the BTS Sukhumvit line (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Longer-trains-desperately-needed-on-the-BTS-Sukhum-30164480.html)" he writes, and then goes on to tell us the This Is Thailand response from BTS. Amazing Thailand indeed - not longer trains for every train but a whole two extra trains an hour.

What can anyone say? We are indeed indebted to you Thonglar for drawing this to the Board's attention.
Has anyone conducted a survey regarding platform length at each of the stations along the route, and the length of the proposed longer trains - double? Which are the principal stations at which travellers alight; the effect of inreased hoards from longer trains safely exiting the station and the impact increased numbers alighting from a single train might have on the local infrastructure.

Whatever personal thoughts we might have, to my mind there's little the likes of a falang can do about it.

Dick,

You can't expect thonglor55 to take into account important details like these!

Dick,

You can't expect thonglor55 to take into account important details like these!Isn't that why he has servants?