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Along with BTS Skytrain and Bangkok MRT, using the boats allows commuters to avoid traffic jams during the peak hours on weekdays. The 21 km (13 mi) route is served by 65 boats and operates from 06:00–21:30 (last departure from CEN-Sathorn pier of a yellow flagged boat) on weekdays and from 06:00–18:40 on weekends and holidays.
A Mine Smart Ferry at Sathorn Pier, Bangkok. The Mine Smart Ferry (Thai: ไมน์ สมาร์ท เฟอร์รี่) is a transportation service in Thailand operated by Energy Absolute on the Chao Phraya River. [1] Launched in 2021, the battery-powered Smart Ferry provides service between Bangkok and Nonthaburi. [2] [3]
Chao Phraya Express boats Orange Flag operates mainly two types of boats; all of them are built mainly out of wood. [3]Single-screw boat: They are able to hold around 90–120 passengers at a time and are around 26–32 m (85–105 ft) long and about 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) wide.
Bangkok, Thailand, has an extensive water transport system serving passengers crossing or travelling along the Chao Phraya River as well as certain canals. [1] The Chao Phraya Express Boat service is a water bus which carries passengers along the Chao Phraya, regularly serving thirty-four stops from Rat Burana to Nonthaburi.
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On many old European maps, the river is named the Mae Nam (แม่น้ำ), the Thai word for "river" (literally, "motherly water"). Irish surveyor and cartographer James McCarthy, F.R.G.S., who served as Director-General of the Siamese Government Surveys prior to establishment of the Royal Thai Survey Department, wrote in his account, "Mae Nam is a generic term, mae signifying "mother ...
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