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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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BMTA owns up to bus problems

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority has a total of 2,885 buses. The vehicles have been in service for five to 25 years and not all buses function well. (Bangkok Post photo)

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has admitted its public bus service is experiencing critical vehicle shortages on almost 27 routes, with nearly 90% of commuters having reported lengthy waits.

Kittikan Chomdoung Charuworapolkul, director of the BMTA, on Saturday said the BMTA has a total of 2,885 buses. The vehicles have been in service for five to 25 years and not all buses function well, with older buses sometimes out of service for repairs, he said.

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