JUST a few days after a 3km stretch of MRT Pink Line’s conductor rail fell on the road, this evening (Jan. 2) a wheel of the MRT Yellow Line fell on the bonnet of a taxi on the road below, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Sorrayut Suthatsanajinda, a newsman, posted a report about this accident
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Peeraphan stunned by plan to hike petrol tax to incentivise train travel
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Energy Minister Peeraphan Saleerathaviphak said today (Dec. 21) he does not know where Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit got the idea to hike excise tax on petrol only in Bangkok and surrounding provinces to incentivise people to travel by train and it probably won’t materialise, Naewna newspaper said. While Suriya said he will
Read moreSuriya puts off capping Bangkok train fares at 20 baht per trip
TRANSPORT Minister Suriya Jungrungruangkit said this afternoon (Sep. 5) the Pheu Thai campaign pledge to cap Bangkok electric train fares at 20 baht a trip is not being written in the coalition government’s policy statement to be delivered to Parliament but it could possibly be implemented in two years’ time, Naewna newspaper and Amarin
Read moreRider dies in collision with train in Ayutthaya
A YOUNG WOMAN riding a motorcycle died after colliding with a train at Chiang Rak Noi railway station in Bang Pa-in district, Ayutthaya province today (Aug. 20), Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Natakorn Damrongthonwan, an investigator at Bang Pa-In police station, along with Phutthaisawan Foundation rescuers, quickly went to investigate the accident which occurred
Read moreAt least 120 dead, 850 injured in massive train crash in Odisha, India
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Bhubaneswar, India – At least 120 people were killed and 850 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday (June 2), according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in one of India’s worst rail accidents in years. Over 120 bodies had been recovered so
Read moreSkytrain staff threaten to stop running trains if 50 billion baht debt not repaid
EMPLOYEES of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), operator of BTS skytrain, submitted a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House this morning (Mar. 14) calling for repayment of debts mounted in the Green Line extension that have now almost reached 50 billion baht setting a seven-day deadline to do so if
Read moreSecond blast on southern railway track, 3 seriously injured
A SECOND explosion occurred this morning (Dec. 6) near the railway track damaged in a blast on Saturday (Dec. 3) in Sadao district of Songkhla province that had derailed a freight train with three railway officials seriously injured this time, Matichon newspaper said. This morning’s explosion was just 200 metres away from the original
Read moreStrict security in 14 southern provinces after freight train blast
THE COMMANDER of 4th Army Region ordered strict security in all 14 southern provinces after the bombing of a freight train in Sadao district of Songkhla province yesterday that derailed 10 of 15 cars with there being no injuries, Matichon newspaper said today (Dec. 4). Lt. Gen. Santi Sakulntaknark said the bombed track had
Read moreSlingshot shooter fires marbles, bolts at maintenance train
A MAINTENANCE train running on the Red Line at 2 a.m. this morning (July 13) was attacked by a slingshot shooter who fired marbles and bolts at it and smashed a few glass windows with the driver and several other crew members being injured by glass shards, Sanook.com said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Amnat Traiphot, head
Read moreGen. Anupong: New Bangkok governor to decide train concession issue
IN ANSWERING an interpellation on the extension of the Bangkok Mass Transit System’s Green Line train concession in Parliament today (May 26) Interior Minister Gen. Anupong Paochinda said the decision on this issue rests with the new Bangkok governor and city council, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Prademchai Boonchuayluea, Pheu Thai Party
Read moreMan dressed as Joker terrorises Tokyo train
By Reuters staff, published by The Denver Gazette Tokyo (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring about 10 people as many party-goers headed into the city centre for Halloween gatherings, media reported. Police arrested the suspected attacker on the spot, media
Read moreSouthbound cargo train bombed, none injured
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BOMB BLAST occurred in a carriage of a southbound cargo train in Narathiwat province today (Aug. 28). No injuries were reported, police said. The cargo train on a special Bangkok-Sungai Kolok route was nearly arriving at Tan Yong Mat railway station in Ra-ngae district of the southernmost province when the
Read moreMotorcyclist injured in train construction accident
A MOTORCYCLIST was rushed to the hospital at 1 p.m. today (April 13) after the pulley of a crane being used to build the monorail train line on Srinakarin road suddenly fell in front of him, TV Channel 7 said. The accident occurred at the entrance of Soi Srinakarin 1, Suan Luang district, with
Read moreBTS denies threatening to halt green line over B8 billion debt
BANGKOK Mass Transit System Plc (BTS) today (Nov. 19) denied ever threatening to stop running the green line and its extensions in the northern and southern part of the route over accumulated 8 billion baht operation fee which Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) does not have the funds to pay, Amarin TV reported this afternoon. Mr.
Read moreThree dead as train hits motorcycle with sidecar
A TRAIN collided with a motorcycle with a sidecar at a level crossing in southern Narathiwat province today (Oct. 31) killing three persons on the spot, INN News and Sanook.com reported. The express train running from Bangkok to Su-ngai Kolok district in this province hit the vehicle upon reaching kilometre marker 1,134, the boundary area
Read moreYoung girl is with dad at ICU, not told mum died in horror crash
AMONG the relatives watching over 10 of 42 people still hospitalized after yesterday’s horror train and bus collision that killed 18 travellers is a five-year-old girl who came with her grandfather to be with her dad who is in the intensive care unit, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Oct. 12, 2020). Mr. Vej Phukongpha, the
Read more17 dead, many injured in horror bus-train collision
A BUS taking factory workers from Samut Prakan to Chacheongsao province for a religious ceremony at a temple there was completely smashed by a train at 9.30 a.m. this morning leaving 17 people dead and estimated 29 to 30 injured with officials still trying to get some of the bodies out of the wreck, Thai
Read moreMyanmar worker seriously injured after being hit by BTS train
AN accident between Surasak and Chong Nonsi stations late last night left a Myanmar construction worker critically injured after he was hit by a speeding train, Naewna newspaper reported late this morning (June 27, 2020). The 30-year-old worker was rushed to Lerdsin Hospital were the doctors later said he was out of danger. The BTS
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