Bangkok was abuzz with positivity on October 28, as Dr. Pichet Kunadhamraks, the Director General of the Department of Rail Transport, stepped forward to share the latest numbers. The recently implemented 20-baht electric train ride policy on the Red and Purple BTS lines saw a significant increase in ridership since its inception on October 16.
The Director General revealed a comparative analysis between the passenger numbers from the last Friday in September and the last Friday in October. The Red Line service, which carried 26,274 persons per trip in September, witnessed an impressive surge to 34,161 persons per trip in October. This escalation indicates an increase of an impressive 30.02%, or an additional 7,887 passengers in raw figures, reported The Pattaya News.
The positive outcomes of the new policy didn’t stop there. On October 27, the…
