Pattaya Beach Bus

[StefanH 3]

Being right now in Pattaya,

we heard about the Beach Bus Lines.

But it seems to be pretty hard to get nearer information about schedule and stops.

In our hotel we were told, that one of the stops would be at the BIG C at 2nd road, but found neither sign nor somebody there who knew about the buses

 

Are these buses for real ???

[Eneukman 1]

I don't know if there is such a thing as a timetable for these buses The red and green buses are only operating in one direction as far as I can tell (along 2nd Road) though I did see one red bus go in the opposite direction, but that was just after they started operating on that route. (The yellow route isn't operational yet).

 

Bus stops can be found at various points along their route but the reality is that they will stop virtually anywhere. Just flag it down as you would for a baht bus. The fare has been reduced to 20 baht from 30 baht.

 

Alan

Edited April 2, 2006 by Eneukman

[phantomtiger 0]

Cant understand where these Beach Buses are suppose to go (what are the routes). I only heard of them but not actually seen them on my last visit. So how are they different from the 10b buses that travel everywhere in Pattaya?

[StefanH 3]

Discovered the webpage :

 

http://www.tatnews.org/tourism_news/images...chBus/b_map.jpg

 

and saw one bus of the "Green Line" yesterday at South Pattaya Road

 

Would like to catch the "Red Line" for a roundtrip.....

[phantomtiger 0]

Cant make out on the bus map if they pass by the bus station that services the Pattaya to BKK route?

[Cennn3 0]

Try This

 

http://www.tatnews.org/tourism_news/2621.asp

 

 

Has all the routes

[StefanH 3]

Cant make out on the bus map if they pass by the bus station that services the Pattaya to BKK route?

 

No they don`t yet...

 

Bus stops are plenty, however very hard to discover, see here...

 

stop at 2nd Road/Soi Diana Inn (Soi 8 ??) across Diana Inn ...

 

[phantomtiger 0]

Based on publish routes and number of buses running each route, should be about 15-20min wait for bus, but from my last visit (dec last year), I didnt even see a single bus go by as I was eating at an outdoor cafe along one of the routes---and I was sitting there about 45min

 

PT

[StefanH 3]

After my experience the situation right now is as follows :

 

1.yellow line not running

2.red line running clockwise appr. each 20 minutes

3.green line running clockwise, appr. each 40 minutes/hour

 

Due to running just clockwise, a lot of the stops are obsolete, like these at the beach road, also some in the north....

 

And, beware :

It is quite common that an approaching "green line" might in fact be a "red line", identified as such just by a sign behind the front window, better ask the driver any time you enter....

 

Not a bad system of transportation, but requires a bit of know how ..

Edited April 11, 2006 by StefanH