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chaperone · Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 2

Hi,

I am a new member. I has lived in Thailand a few month ago. I am very confused about the bus sytem here. From AIT (Asian Institute of Technology), I took bus 29 to Future Park but I can not take bus 29 go back. When I crossed bridge highway in front of Future Park, no bus 29 pass there, I don't know why. Futhermore, I saw so many bus 29 with red sign, blue sign, yellow sign and bus 29 without air condition. Could you tell me the difference among these bus?
Thank you so much

railaway · Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 13

yes, friend, it is often very diffcult.
Sorry-as I am now not in BKK/Thaild-I do not really know where the AIT is siutated-would that be NORTH of Rangsit?
On the 29 there are-very confusing-many different routes:
29-red bus-start at HuaLamPOng or Vict.Monument-or Mochit/old-then via old Don Muang-most END at Ransgit-they go to the garage of the BMTA
there is also 29 KOH (this compyter does not have the easy Thai letters)-this runs HuaLamPOng-untill Don Muang-then U-turn-comes back til Laksi-then goes to bangKhen-ends at BMTA-garage.
29-white bus, Normal=non AC-run by Thonburi Bus Service-same route, higher price, but nearly all of these buses go via Future park NORTH-to the Universities. You must pay extra if you pass Future park on them.
on the AC buses-well like many routes you can choose between normal and AC-these mostly also go to the Uni's.
Yellow sign=go part of route via expresway
blue sign=noral route
red sign=SHort route-do not g all the way
That is the theory-but as you have lived in Thaild-you must have noted that practice does not always meet up with that.
The 29 als does a kind of complicated loop near Future Park-due to the fly-overs and expressways-but they do not always do that. So you cannot always get on opposite of where you got off.

chaperone · Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 2

Thank you for your reply. Your information is very helpful!