From Oct 25, all Victory Monument passenger van services—around 4,000 of them—have been relocated to three other Bangkok bus terminals.

Ending the area's decades-long position as a hub for commuter transport, the junta goverment has made the order in a bid to clear up the space around Victory Monument in the hope of relieving traffic.

After a failed attempt to relocate privately owned passenger van services from the area back in 2014 (when it was proposed they should be placed under Airport Rail Link Makkasan station), the new order is already proving effective as of this morning.

Though commuters had long complained that the private vans posed safety risks and were regularly driven carelessly, the new arrangements will add tens of kilometers to many people's travel plans. 

While in the past, if you wanted to go to Hua Hin, all you had to do was jump on the BTS to Victory Monument and catch the van from there, now you have to catch the van at Pinklao bus terminal on Sirindhorn Road. If you're wondering where that is, it's on the other side of the river, past Dusit Zoo and across Krung Thon Bridge amid Ratchawithi Road's notoriously heavy traffic. 

With that in mind, look carefully at the below list of destinations previously serviced by Victory Monument below to discover which bus terminals those vans have been relocated to. 

Please note this list refers to passenger mini vans only and not bus services.

Ekkamai bus terminal

Chachoengsao (Panom Sarakarm)
Chanthaburi
Chonburi (Srirajah)
Prachinburi
Rayong (includling Ban Pe and Klaeng)
Srakaew (including the Thailand-Cambodia boarder market)
 

Mochit bus terminal

Ang Thong
Ayuthaya
Chachoengsao
Chai Nat
Chantaburi
Chonburi (including Pattaya)
Lopburi
Nakhon Nayok
Nakhon Patom
Nakhon Ratchasrima aka Korat (including Pakchong)
Nakhon Sawan
Pichit
Pitsanulok
Prachinburi
Rayong
Saraburi
Singburi
Supanburi
Trat (including Koh Chang)
Uthai Thani
 

Pinklao bus terminal

Ayuthaya
Nakhon Patom (including Nakhon Chaisri)
Kanchanaburi
Petchburi (including Cha-Am and Kaeng Krachan)
Prachuap Khiri Khan (including Hua-Hin)
Pranburi
Ratchburi (including Damnern Saduak floating market and Suan Phueng)
Samut Sakhorn
Samut Songkhram
Supanburi