Tag: Railway
New rail lines linking Bangkok’s West and East approved
The cabinet yesterday approved several economic stimulus packages that include the construction of the Pink and Yellow electric rail routes. Finance Minister, Apisak Tantiworawong said [Read More…]
Passengers faint after power failure strands airport train
Several passengers fainted when the Airport Rail Link train service was disrupted on Monday morning by a power failure at Ramkhamhaeng station that brought a [Read More…]
Security Stepped Up at Railway Stations in the Southern Border Provinces
BANGKOK, 22 February 2016 (NNT) – The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is installing x-ray scanning machines and bomb detectors at railway stations in the [Read More…]
South- bound train crash kills five in Phetchaburi
Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when a Thonburi-Langsuan passenger train crashed into a running truck at a railway crossing in Phetchaburi province. [Read More…]
Freight train loaded with over 300,000 litres of diesel derails in Lamphun
A freight train loaded with over 300,000 litres of diesel derailed near Nonglom railway station in Lamphun province, paralysing rail service between Bangkok and the [Read More…]
Junta Approves 100 Billion Fund to Build Rails, Roads
BANGKOK — Billions of baht will be spent on roads and rail in a bid to boost the country’s weak economy, and to pay for [Read More…]
Chinese deputy prime minister will be in Thailand for railway project talks
China will send a deputy prime minister to hold talks on the joint development of the Nong Khai-Kaeng Khoi-Map Taphut railway project between Thailand and [Read More…]
Condemned railway worker convict declines to appeal against his death sentence
A railway worker who was condemned to death by the Appeals Court for raping and killing a 13-year old girl travelling on a night train [Read More…]