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Trains and Boats (but no Planes)

This week the elevated Pink Line opened despite some stations not being fully ready yet.

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This was going to be another joint try-out trip with Mike.

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At Talad Bang Yai Station I took the Purple Line to Nonthaburi Civic Station where the signage was already put up.

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However, the direct walkway to the station was still under construction.

Since the stations are about a 10-15 minute walk on the ground level from each other, this was not really a problem.

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For now staff will give you this free Single Journey Card.

This monorail is similar to the one used on the Yellow Line. (*)

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Ready to board!

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Lots of passengers were standing and taking photos/videos, just like us...

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The extension to Muang Thong Tani isn't finished yet.

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The front and back windows provide excellent views!

Altogether there are 3 connecting lines: Red, Green, & Orange, this last one is almost finished.

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Arriving after standing a good hour at the final station: Min Buri.

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Unfortunately we very quickly discovered that there's almost nothing in the surrounding area, except for the unfinished Orange Line station.

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We quickly decided to turn around and hop on the train to the previous station: Min Buri Market.

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We walked around a bit on the market and headed towards Khlong Saen Saeb.

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Turned out there's a Min Buri Pier where electric boats run!

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We quickly hopped on board, not many passengers even though riding this electric boat was still free of charge.

As you can hear it was a very, very peaceful ride!

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Just before Pratunam Bangchan Tai Pier was a huge sluice.

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No problem, a 2nd boat was already waiting for us on the other side.

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Electric boats are quiet and peaceful, but also very slow, both of us began to yawn from time to time.

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We passed Yamiyatun Muslimin Mosque and quite a few more, definitely a Muslim part of town.

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The boat driver did a good job, but Wat Sriboonruang was the terminal pier.

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There we changed to an old Khlong Saen Saeb Express boat, a completely different experience.

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Noisy, faster. and at times bone-shaking as everything was vibrating!

We were happy to get off at Pratunam Pier, but all in all in a good trip!


BONUS

Years ago when I started using this express boat regularly, water management wasn't that great I guess as the water level in the khlong was at times much higher.

In those cases, the whole roof of the boat was lowered a lot in order to be able to get under the bridges!

I remember everybody on board had to bend over quite a bit, different times...

And recently I saw that happening again, although just a little!




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ray storey
ray storey
Dec 05, 2023

These lines are all new to me, KK. I especially like the shots involving boats.

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art58koen
art58koen
Dec 05, 2023
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The electric boats on Saen Saeb were new to me as well!

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