Heavy traffic as Songkran exodus starts
THE MASS exodus from Bangkok and its vicinity mainly to eastern and northeastern provinces to celebrate Songkran Festival has got underway with traffic particularly heavy on the eastern section of the Motorway (Highway 9, Kanchanaphisek Ring Road) since early this morning (April 11) especially near the Lam Luk Ka and Phahonyothin exits, Naewna newspaper […]
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Read MoreBad traffic jams as exodus from Bangkok starts
PEOPLE are continuously departing Bangkok to celebrate New Year in their Northeastern home province with parts of the route now heavily congested and this despite factories and some companies yet to shut down for the holidays, Siam Rath newspaper said this evening (Dec. 29) Vehicles are moving very slowly at two stretches with one being […]
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