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  songthaew (pick-up)

 

Thailand

Songthaew are pick-up truck or trucks (fig.) with two rows of seats or benches in the back and a roof covering. It usually operates as a share taxi, i.e. somewhere between a private taxi and a conventional bus.

 

They operate on a fixed or semi-fixed route and for a set fare, but without a fixed time schedule and able to stop anywhere to pick up or drop off passengers, and are at times very crowded.

 

  songthaew (pick-up)