Covid fears halve Songkran travel 16 Thousands seeking bus and train ticket refunds published : 9 Apr 2021 at 18:50 16 Traffic on Motorway Route 9 (Bang Pa-in-Bang Phli) heading to Bang Pa-in district of Ayutthaya is heavy on Friday evening. (Image from JS100 Radio Facebook page) An estimated 50,000 people poured out of Bangkok on buses to their home provinces on Friday, about half the predicted figure for the traditional Songkran rush, due to fears over the latest wave of Covid-19 infections. The figure on the first day of the peak travel period from April 9-18 was released by the state-owned Transport Company, which said it had laid on enough buses to carry 100,000 people.