BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) – The Rail Department has advised commuters to leave
for work early because the number of passengers on Bangkok electric trains
doubled after the government permitted the reopening of some businesses.
Sorapong Paitoonpong, director-general of
the Rail Department, said that after the government eased its disease control
measures and allowed some businesses and places to reopen, the number of
electric train commuters nearly reached 400,000 on May 4.
The traffic showed a 100% increase from 189,000
passengers on May 1.
He said that his department predicted that the
number of electric train commuters would further rise on May 7.
He suggested commuters prepare more travel time,
wear face masks while being on electric train systems and conduct social
distancing to help curb the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (TNA)
