Hundreds stranded as Purple Line train service disrupted during evening rush hours

[webfact]

Hundreds stranded as Purple Line train service disrupted during evening rush hours

 

 

Several hundreds of mostly office workers were stranded at Taopoon train station of the Purple Line train this evening after its service was temporarily suspended due to technical problems.

 

Many passengers who disembarked from the Blue Line sky train at the final station at Taopoon train station in order to connect with the Purple Line to travel to Bang Yai found to their frustration that service was temporarily disrupted as officials tried to fix the problem.

 

The number of passengers waiting on the platform kept increasing with every Blue Line sky train arriving at its final station at Taopoon to dislodge its passengers for connecting their journey via the Purple Line.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/hundreds-stranded-as-purple-line-train-service-disrupted-during-evening-rush-hours/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-09-04

[Thian]

Yes it's not easy to build electrical systems which can stand hard rain....

[bluesofa]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

to dislodge its passengers

Were they wedged under the tracks, or clinging to the side of the train?

 

It was probably caused by the 'wrong type of rain' (taken from the British Rail Book Of Good Excuses).

 

[LazySlipper]

4 hours ago, Thian said:

Yes it's not easy to build electrical systems which can stand hard rain....

 

Just finding a decent electrician is nearly impossible... and if they are half way decent they are charging as much as a fully trained and qualified electrician back home

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The number of passengers waiting on the platform kept increasing with every Blue Line sky train arriving at its final station at Taopoon to dislodge its passengers for connecting their journey via the Purple Line

Dislodge passengers... only in Thailand

other countries allow them to "disembark" naturally.