Woman faints at station, falls onto Skytrain tracks

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Woman faints at station, falls onto Skytrain tracks

By The Nation

 

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A woman passenger fainted while waiting for a BTS Skytrain at Ratchathewi station and fell onto the tracks on Wednesday morning, briefly disrupting services in both directions of the Sukhumvit line

 

BTS announced that the accident happened at 8.15am on the Samrong-bound track. Trains had to be stopped on both sides during the rescue of the woman.

 

At 8.17am, BTS announced through its Twitter page that the woman was safely lifted from the tracks and normal services had resumed.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30352180

 

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[George Bowman]

The lady was certainly lucky.

 

I must admit that I don't know which part of the track is which. Well, other than the rails. Anyone care to explain?

 

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BTS skytrain service briefly halted after woman falls onto rail track

 

 

The BTS skytrain service on the Sukhumvit route was briefly halted during rush hours this morning after a woman fainted and fell onto a rail track from the platform at the Ratchathewi station.

 

BTS posted a message on its Twitter page at 8.17am, saying that the incident, which occurred at 8.15 am, prompted the trains approaching Ratchathewi on both sides of the station to make emergency stop.

 

The incident took place on the track which leads from Ratchathewi to Samrong station.

 

The woman was safely brought up from the track and the BTS.  The incident briefly delayed train arrivals at stations along the route.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bts-skytrain-service-briefly-halted-after-woman-falls-onto-rail-track/

 

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[kokopelli]

5 hours ago, missoura said:

The lady was certainly lucky.

 

I must admit that I don't know which part of the track is which. Well, other than the rails. Anyone care to explain?

 

The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties and ballast, plus the underlying subgrade. Wikipedia

[hotchilli]

Probably fainted when the train arrived on time !!!

[eggers]

5 hours ago, missoura said:

The lady was certainly lucky.

 

I must admit that I don't know which part of the track is which. Well, other than the rails. Anyone care to explain?

 

The two grey coloured tracks are Rail tracks.

The 4 box like structures in centre are power & comms.

[oldrunner]

It is safe to help a person stranded on the track. In the USA there is a 3rd rail that provides the train with power. This must be disabled before you can assist a person who has fallen on the tracks. If, as in most cases, again in the USA, the person falls off from the edge of the platform, you can safely enter that space and help that person up (provided no train is headed your way). At my age, I cheer on the rescuers.

[YTP]

12 hours ago, missoura said:

The lady was certainly lucky.

 

I must admit that I don't know which part of the track is which. Well, other than the rails. Anyone care to explain?

 

The rail with the yellow covering and danger stickers is the 3rd rail, which feeds power into the rolling stock through a pick up shoe which glides underneath.

 

That's the one you don't want to be near.