3 hours ago, HHTel said:

High speed trains will run on new tracks (standard gauge) and built mostly on elevated tracks.

Unless there are flying pickups they shouldn't be a problem.

Flying Pick-Ups and other Vehicles are common in Thailand !

I certainly won't be taking a high speed train anywhere in Thailand. 

2 minutes ago, BobbyL said:

I certainly won't be taking a high speed train anywhere in Thailand. 

I don't think anyone will. I doubt very much if we'll ever have any.

On 9/21/2019 at 6:51 PM, rooster59 said:

It has been pointed out that in developed countries train drivers are re-tested for their abilities every five to ten years and Thailand should bear this in mind.

Annually would be nice as a lot can depreciate in 5 to 10 years !

It's not just about the drivers who need to be top notch, so does the track maintenance/security too ... otherwise the drivers can't do squat. So, also no numpties allowed near the crossings or anywhere near the track anywhere and needs to be fenced off properly or some moron will cause a disaster.

Edited September 22, 20196 yr by Sir Dude

where do I apply for the high speed train drivers job  ?  I'm already training in my living room.

I can assure you that there will be no Thai pick-up trucks/cars w/o

brakes/trucks with sleeping drivers having access to high-speed railways, no crossings folks. HiSpeed trains will go over or under rail lines.

 Trains and Planes , Safety First .

  Humanoids , have high failure rates , stress,  sleep patterns,  relationships/ financial probs,, suicide,  OMG..

  This is your Captain Robot  speaking , sit back, relax and enjoy your flight .

 

 

 

Edited September 22, 20196 yr by elliss

I wonder which will be the minimum and maximum age of the applicants...….. just curiosity.

Heck I would do it for B100k per month.

Given the current exchange rate that's CAD4350. That's basically  not much less than what I net every month after deductions; taxes, pension payments, union dues etc.

15 hours ago, Papafarang said:

The first accident will be down to break failed again 

Nope the first accident will be because of a squirrel...

Like airline pilots? So they drive the trains similarly in 3 dimensions, or maybe just on the ground level permanent rails in one direction, where the greatest skill is one startil and one stop each trip, which is computer controlled anyways. Same as pilots...Right.

On 9/21/2019 at 8:47 AM, Cadbury said:

All done and dusted. Soil breaking ceremony and media extravaganza performances done, ticket prices have been set, train drivers wages locked in, Bang Sue railway station almost completed.

Nothing much left to do except sign the contracts, borrow the money and build the rail line and the train.

Idiots!

They are all clapping because they bought the land where the train will run long ago, for very little money.  Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.

 

Is there a video of this ceremony?  I searched for "shut up and shovel" but didn't find anything.  And what is that gray stuff in front?  Lumpy leftovers from the rice buying scheme? Maybe sticky rice they are trying to get off their gloves?

 

 

High Speed Trains: Top drivers train operators like "airline pilots" to be paid 100K up
 

SF Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) identifies them as 'train operators' probably because they are not really 'driving' the trains in the common, 'automobile' sense of the term 'driver'.

Edited September 22, 20196 yr by MaxYakov

On 9/21/2019 at 8:12 AM, NCC1701A said:

i want to drive a train.

This is (was) a train driver in the USA.  I think it was coal trains out of Wyoming.  Forum buddy, great guy.  Half-deaf from all the noise.  Died about a year and a half after he retired.  Serious guy.  He sent me some machining cutters and measuring tools free of charge.  He had a cool VW bus with the roof windows and also a Toyota FJ40 land cruiser.  This is Roy:

 

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Annually would be nice as a lot can depreciate in 5 to 10 years !

Oy Vey!  Let me tell you about the parts that have fallen off me or stopped working in the last few years!  Why, just the other day ....

23 hours ago, steven100 said:

Have you ever been sucked off when they pull you forward quickly.

No.  But in the USA, the Internal Revenue Service has a somewhat similar maneuver at tax time.  Though they get you in the back side. 

On 9/22/2019 at 12:00 AM, Chazar said:

Did  they not  fail international standards  not so  long  ago?

Seems he went quiet after you pointed this out...

On 9/21/2019 at 8:11 PM, DaRoadrunner said:

. I was puzzled why the yellow no go zone was like nearly 20 foot back from the platform edge

There it is in a nut-shell if proof of impending accidents was ever needed.. I've never seen a Thai take notice of the "yellow zone" or anything painted on the road for that matter

On 9/21/2019 at 7:40 AM, emptypockets said:

Hopefully the bar girls will get personal Visa card machines soon so I can just swipe and go. I tried swiping the card down a bum crack once with very disappointing results.

I tried to sell to some bar girls and they were no interested. 

Well Tourists wont use them if run by the current idiots.Im told because a drunk Thai attacked a Lady one cant enjoy a Beer on any Trains now. So much for a nice relaxed journey from BKK to Chaing Mai for the Family Tourists. ⚖️[emoji577]


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2 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Seems he went quiet after you pointed this out...

Nope, still here - I just don't live my life on here and don't check in all that often.  It's good for a few minutes here and there when I'm bored.

 

The OP said he wouldn't travel on anything built or maintained by Thais (or words to that effect) so I asked if he ever flies out of any Thai airport because all planes are maintained by Thais, repairs for all airlines are done by Thai engineers, air traffic control is done by Thais, there ar even Thai pilots would you believe.

Yes, Thailand's civil aviation authority was downgraded - and later upgraded again - but that was more to do with processes, how they issue licenses etc.  It wasn't about Thai engineers and their skill.

 

Then there are the hundreds of thousands of cars built by Thais for export all over the world - the poster obviously won't get in a car.  Sweeping statements about "not getting on anything built by Thais" are just ridiculous, based on a small minded mentality and borderline racist.

100K a month ? Why not,..but the first driver who arrives late, is drunk or has any slightest mental issue or drug addiction,  it's "OUT" !

Edited September 23, 20196 yr by observer90210

One hopes that not like China that Thailand's  Drivers receive a comprehensive simulator training, not the 8 hours that ABB found out on a safety audit after a high speed crash   

11 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Yes, Thailand's civil aviation authority was downgraded - and later upgraded again - but that was more to do with processes, how they issue licenses etc.  It wasn't about Thai engineers and their skill.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, OK. Sure.

Good defense.

1 hour ago, Fex Bluse said:

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, OK. Sure.

Good defense.

Try reading up on it.  I try to answer with specifics, you come back with cliched anti-Thai generalisations.  It is quite tiresome and childish.

 

When you want to debate with some reasoned arguments and have a grown up discussion I'll be waiting.

The drivers are sad now as the Thai Government has cancelled 3 routes.

Souce... The Thaiger.....