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Post by rubl on Aug 25, 2016 9:46:20 GMT 7
Purple Line getting 'better', even FREE WIFI.  Missing link takes a wee bit longer though. "Unpopular Purple Line offers 30-50% discounts The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) will cut fares and parking fees on its Purple Line electric railway by 30 to 50% on Sept 1 to woo commuters as present passenger traffic has reached only one-fifth of the target. ... The MRTA chairman said the state enterprise would also introduce free wi-fi and food and beverage shops at Purple Line stations and arrange for local buses shuttling between the stations and communities to woo passengers. ... " www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism-and-transport/1069984/unpopular-purple-line-offers-30-50-discounts |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2016 11:26:21 GMT 7
30-50% discounts and free WI FI ! It will be packed with the stingy digital pikeys trying to stretch their pension even further.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2016 15:37:13 GMT 7
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 26, 2016 0:51:15 GMT 7
30-50% discounts and free WI FI ! It will be packed with the stingy digital pikeys trying to stretch their pension even further. I wish they would treble the fares on the BTS...especially for those originating in On Nut. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2016 1:28:56 GMT 7
30-50% discounts and free WI FI ! It will be packed with the stingy digital pikeys trying to stretch their pension even further. I wish they would treble the fares on the BTS...especially for those originating in On Nut. Did we not meet the director of the Purple Line project at the Black Swan? Along with our mutual friend? |
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 26, 2016 2:09:32 GMT 7
I wish they would treble the fares on the BTS...especially for those originating in On Nut. Did we not meet the director of the Purple Line project at the Black Swan? Along with our mutual friend? Hmmm....it does ring a bell somewhere.... |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Aug 26, 2016 21:14:43 GMT 7
Expect an exodus of online poker players, digital pikeys, skint brit pensioners and teflr types to move from Udom Suk to take advantage of the free wifi coz they are too skint to buy a sim card.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 4:01:11 GMT 7
Did we not meet the director of the Purple Line project at the Black Swan? Along with our mutual friend? Hmmm....it does ring a bell somewhere.... Remember the fella told us that the company insisted he use the chaffeur car provided, and it took him two hours to get home on a bad day. If he used the BTS, it would have been 15 minutes - but they didn't want him on the BTS for face reasons. |
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Post by rubl on Aug 27, 2016 9:47:29 GMT 7
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Is that the one working in Hanoi now ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2016 8:53:06 GMT 7
^^| Is that the one working in Hanoi now ? I don't know. He visited with a friend of ours, well known to many members of this board. They both work on BTS type projects. The fella was touching 70 years of age and said he was heading for the exit door until the BTS offer came up. He ran it past his ( British ) wife and she said, company house, maid service, superb money, a cushy job, and living in BKK? why retire? Indeed. |
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