Bangkok Boat Express Lines is a system of canal boat services throughout the Khlong Saen Saeb in downtown Bangkok

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The most extensive of these services is the Chao Phraya Express Boat, which has as many as thirty stops along both banks of the Saen Saeb. There are limitations as the further north the route is the farther apart the stations are, impeding the ability of this water taxi to function as a true mass transit system.

Bangkok Boat Express Lines

• Khlong Saen Saep Express Boat
  Khlong Saen Saep Express Boat
  The Khlong Saen Saep Express Boat service operates on the Khlong Saen Saep in Bangkok, providing fast, inexpensive transportation through the city's traffic-congested commercial districts...
  
  
• Sathon-Klong Toei Express Boat
  Sathon-Klong Toei Express Boat
  The Sathon-Klong Toei Express Boat is a new express boat service which operates on the Chao Phraya, providing fast, inexpensive transportation between traffic-congested inner Bangkok and the southern part of the city. The service is now serving local commuters and is expected to serve tourists in...
  
  
• Golden Mount Line
  Golden Mount Line
  -Route:The service runs between Pratu Nam and Phan Fa Lilat. At Pratu Nam pier in Pratu Nam districts is an interchange, where passengers able to change boats or change their transportation to Bangkok skytrain and bus.-Pier:...
  
  
• NIDA Line
  NIDA Line
  The NIDA Line is a ferry company in Bangkok, Thailand.It provides a ferry service between Pratu Nam and Wat Si Bunrueang. A passenger interchange point is situated at a pier in the Pratu Nam district where passengers may change to other ferries or take the Bangkok skytrain or buses.-Piers:#Pratu...
  
  
• Chao Phraya Express Boat
  Chao Phraya Express Boat
  The Chao Phraya Express Boat is a transportation service in Thailand that operates on the Chao Phraya River. It provides riverine express transportation between stops in the capital city of Bangkok and to Nonthaburi, the province immediately to the north. Established in 1971, the Chao Phraya...
  
  
• Bangkok Noi Longtail Express Boat
• Sathon-Wat Dao Khanong Express Boat
• Sathon-Samut Prakan Express Boat
• Khlong Phasi Charoen Express Boat
• Khlong Lat Phrao Express Boat
• Khlong Prem Prachakhon Express Boat
• Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Express Boat

External links

• The ferry system at 2bangkok
• Disoriented.net - Blog entry on riding the canal boat service.
• Of Khlongs and losing shoes - Another blog entry on riding the canal boat service.
• The Mass Transport Boats of Bangkok (Klong Saen Saep Boat service) Trip report and photos