Scores injured after head on train collision in Ratchaburi

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Scores injured after head on train collision in Ratchaburi

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

At least 30 people were injured when two trains collided head on in Ratchaburi province on Monday evening.

 

The collision happened at Pak Tho station at around 6.40pm.

 

Officials said the Songkhla bound passenger train hit a cargo train head on, with initial investigations citing signal failure as the cause of the crash.

 

The injured were taken to local hospitals.

 

The State Railway of Thailand said there will be disruption to services heading south.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

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[Puchaiyank]

This is just a fluke...public transportation is safe...try it...you will see just how exciting it can be.

 

I have flown, taken trains and buses,  taxis and motorcycles...each ride offers unique opportunities for unexpected adventure...

????

 

[ChrisY1]

9 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

This is just a fluke...public transportation is safe...try it...you will see just how exciting it can be.

 

I have flown, taken trains and buses,  taxis and motorcycles...each ride offers unique opportunities for unexpected adventure...

????

 

Even if there is a chance of a "fluke" :))

[soalbundy]

signal failure.....so not the brakes then.

[spiekerjozef]

1 track, what else could happen?

[Borzandy]

Happily we don't have high speed train in Thailand.

[RichardColeman]

Coke, popcorn, bring on the high speed trains

[blazes]

Yet another reminder that what LoS needs is not a high-speed train but a functioning MODERN railway system.

Modern as in 20th century European.....

[scorecard]

26 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Even if there is a chance of a "fluke" :))

Accidents can happen anywhere in the world.

[Dumbastheycome]

3 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Accidents can happen anywhere in the world.

And  do ! Some horrific ! Such a shame  Thaibash can not be applied to them?

[neeray]

2 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Accidents can happen anywhere in the world.

Agreed. Derailments are quite common in North America.

A week or two ago there was a thread on TVF about a vehicle coming off a ferry. Many people faulted Thailand for this. I recalled it clearly when I read a story a couple days ago about a car coming off a Ro-Ro ferry in Florida ... two old gals dead.

 

Accidents can happen anywhere.

[madmitch]

4 minutes ago, neeray said:

Agreed. Derailments are quite common in North America.

A week or two ago there was a thread on TVF about a vehicle coming off a ferry. Many people faulted Thailand for this. I recalled it clearly when I read a story a couple days ago about a car coming off a Ro-Ro ferry in Florida ... two old gals dead.

 

Accidents can happen anywhere.

True, but Thailand beats most places with ease!

[OnTheRun]

23 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

1 track, what else could happen?

If it actually happened at Pak Tho station itself, that section has a passing loop so is double tracked.

[rosst]

I was under the impression that there was a physical key passed through a lock to prevent this happening? 

Single line rail is safe with this system of lockout so someone has bypassed the switch or they are not using it? 

Signal failure if that is the only control mechanism is a possibility 

[RJRS1301]

12 minutes ago, neeray said:

Agreed. Derailments are quite common in North America.

A week or two ago there was a thread on TVF about a vehicle coming off a ferry. Many people faulted Thailand for this. I recalled it clearly when I read a story a couple days ago about a car coming off a Ro-Ro ferry in Florida ... two old gals dead.

 

Accidents can happen anywhere.

Derailment in Australia few days ago, driver and pilot killed, others injured.

 

[Dumbastheycome]

7 minutes ago, madmitch said:

True, but Thailand beats most places with ease!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_(2010%E2%80%932019)

[bendejo]

Each mistook the other for a ghost train.

 

 

[Bruce Aussie]

With gps technology these days it surprising all trains worldwide don't have a screen showing all trains within a few kms radius.

I hired a car in USA last year and with cruise control on impossible to run into car in front of you. Surely there must be technology these days to slow down trains approaching each other on same track.

Humans intervention needed to watch and over ride in emergency. 

No going to sleep though.

Agree with comments before planes and trains still safest way to travel. 

Long distant buses no thanks.

 

 

 

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Train collision: 42 injured on southern line at Pak Tho Station, Ratchaburi

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Forty two people were injured - three seriously - when a goods train and a passenger train collided head on at the Pak Tho station in Ratchaburi  south of Bangkok.

 

The passenger train from Bangkok to Sungei Kolok and Pedang Besar was stopped and passengers were disembarking.

 

Witnesses saw a goods train carrying containers and liquids plough into the passenger train head on. They conjectured it was a shunting accident with the goods train being moved from one rail to another but not in time.

 

Both trains derailed. The goods train was heading to Bangkok (Bang Sue) from Hat Yai.

 

Two containers were strewn over the rails as the passenger train concertinaed.

 

The injured were taken to Pak Tho Hospital.

 

Ratchaburi governor Chayawut and other officials were on the scene giving assistance, reported Naew Na.

 

Buses were arranged to take passenger both north and south as a crane was used to clear the rails and inspections for damage began.

 

Passengers on the "Sprinter" train heading for Bangkok alighted in Petchaburi and were taken to Bangkok by bus.

 

The state rail authority SRT have begun a full investigation into the cause of the accident.

 

Source: Naew Na

 

 

 

 

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[b2bme]

Interesting to note that up to this point no one seems interested in the people who were injured. Hopefully they make a speedy recovery.

Let's try and put the bashing second to the welfare of human life.

[kwak250]

45 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Derailment in Australia few days ago, driver and pilot killed, others injured.

 

How did he hit a plane?

Sorry you meant co-pilot !

[Just1Voice]

If it runs on wheels in Thailand, it is guaranteed to hit something.????

[keith101]

If you have all trains using a single track this will always happen .

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Officials said the Songkhla bound passenger train hit a cargo train head on, with initial investigations citing signal failure as the cause of the crash.

Signals still need human input... I think the failure lays somewhere else!

Poor monitoring of the signalling system if it's automatic, with no safety back-up in place, or poor maintenance.

[essox essox]

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

signal failure.....so not the brakes then.

or microsleep !!

[Lt Frank Bullitt]

1 hour ago, Borzandy said:

Happily we don't have high speed train in Thailand.

Yet ????

[Stevemercer]

26 minutes ago, kwak250 said:

How did he hit a plane?

Sorry you meant co-pilot !

 

The Australian derailment was on the main Sydney - Melbourne line with the driver and 'pilot' killed. Apparently the 'pilot' was needed for safety because a signal hut had burnt down a few weeks ago. The train was travelling at 80 km/hr in a 20 km/hr restricted zone. but it seems no one told the driver or pilot.

 

I'm currently in Australia visiting my Mum and Dad for two weeks. The number of family murders, shootings and fatal accidents in the news appear to rival anything in Thailand! Just recently an estranged father burnt his wife, children and himself to death in the family car!

[samsensam]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

Accidents can happen anywhere in the world.

 

absolutely, there was a bad train crash in italy recently.

 

there is, however, a simple and extremely effective way to manage safety on a single line railway using a token system where the train driver has to be in possession of a token in order to enter a stretch of single track. Because there was only one unique token issued at any one time for each stretch of single track, it is impossible for more than one train to be on it at a time.

[rwill]

It's still safer than taking a bus...

 

[RJRS1301]

36 minutes ago, kwak250 said:

How did he hit a plane?

Sorry you meant co-pilot !

They have a driver, and the other person inthe cab is designated as the "pilot".

So no I did not mean "co-pilot"

"It is a tragedy that unfortunately the pilot and the driver were killed in the incident,