BTS Skytrain to run more trains

Operators of the BTS Skytrain plan to increase services from next Monday to reduce overcrowding during peak hours.

Dr Anat Arbhabhirama, an adviser to the directors of the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc, said the Skytrain would change its weekday timetable (Monday to Friday) to keep up with the increasing number of commuters.

The new timetable means passengers would have a shorter wait for trains, which would run every 2 to 3 minutes during peak hours and up to 8 minutes apart after 10pm.

In the morning "peak hour" on the Sukhumvit Line, trains currently run every 2.4 minutes from 7.30am. From Monday, trains will run every 2.33 minutes, from 7am.

The Silom Line will get trains every 3.2 minutes during peak periods instead of every 4 minutes.

In the evening peak period, from 5pm to 7pm, Sukhumvit Line trains will run every 2.4 minutes, instead of every 3 minutes at present. Trains on the Silom Line will be fractionally quicker to arrive - running every 3 minutes from 5.30pm to 7pm.

The Nation