BTS: Skytrain will keep running

Published: 27/10/2011 at 03:48 PM
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The Bangkok Transit System Co, operator of the elevated skytrain, said on Thursday it has no plans suspend services during the flooding.

BTS chief executive Surapong Laoha-anya said, however, that the trains may not stop at certain stations where the floodwater level is high, except when buses are arranged by agencies such as the army and city administration to take passengers to dry areas.

The BTS power supply system installed by the Metropolitan Electricity Authority is protected against water up to 2 metres above mean sea level with walls of sandbags. If the water is higher than 2m, the MEA would not be able to supply electricity to BTS, he said.

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barryw
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Discussion 3 : 27/10/2011 at 06:04 PM3
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So, the BTS has no plans to suspend their service. But they might.
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Discussion 2 : 27/10/2011 at 04:14 PM2
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If BTS get flooded, it will be like the 2012 movie.
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Discussion 1 : 27/10/2011 at 03:56 PM1
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I've been thinking for well over a week now that the BTS stations and walkways might be turned into temporary shelters if people start to run out of other shelters around the city.
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