The groans were audible this morning from those first seeing the line to enter BTS On Nut stretching down the stairs and block.
Despite an announcement from the Bangkok train operator that an unspecified system fault between BTS Bearing and Samrong had been fixed as of about 9am, people were still flocking to social media to complain that queues were still hopelessly long at multiple stations.
“Bye, bye, work starting time!” user @Taftdarkzone tweeted.
The @BTS_SkyTrain is experiencing some system malfunctions this morning. Lines are so long it stretched across a soi. #btsskytain #รถไฟฟ้า #onnut #bangkok pic.twitter.com/2KcJ9VUMLt
— Teirra Kamolva… (@Teirrabyte) September 12, 2019
As of about 10am, lines still extended into Sukhumvit Road at BTS On Nut, which was one of the stations feeling the brunt of the disruption. One employee could be seen blocking an escalator entrance. When asked about the delay, he simply reiterated that the system was experiencing a malfunction, adding that an empty train would soon come to pick up passengers in order to alleviate the terror-inducing waits.
At BTS Samrong, Twitter user @LalaPiiM posted a video showing the platform filled to the brim with passengers waiting to get on the train.
สำโรงจ้ะ 😑😑😑 #btsskytrain pic.twitter.com/mhbDLa9TYK
— พิมมี่ | คิดถึงออฟกันมากๆ (@LalaPiiM) September 12, 2019
Over at BTS Udom Suk, the line stretched across the skywalk.
อุดมสุข ต่อคิวยันชาติหน้าแล้ว #btsskytrain pic.twitter.com/V02ebDNYoJ
— NO Red bull (@patipatgan) September 12, 2019
“I beeped in to Bearing station around 8:20am, usually I get off at Asoke station around 8:45, but today I arrived at 9:15,” Twitter user @Taftdarkzone wrote just before 10am.
“Bangkok, the city with the perfect life,” @Ihavenomoneyy tweeted sarcastically, riffing on a blithe City Hall slogan for the capital. The slogan has become something of a running joke online online, where many quote it whenever something goes afoul in the capital.
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