Prayut takes delivery of bogeys for new MRT lines

[webfact]

Prayut takes delivery of bogeys for new MRT lines

By THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took delivery of the bogeys for the new MRT Yellow and Pink lines in a ceremony at Chonburi’s Laem Chabang port on Thursday.

 

The ceremony was also attended by executives from the Transport Ministry as well as representatives of the Northern Bangkok Monorail and Eastern Bangkok Monorail.

 

Prayut said the new lines will offer commuters more choices, and since they run on electricity, they will not add to the Bangkok pollution.

 

The Yellow Line will run from Lat Phrao junction to Samut Prakan’s Samrong area, and the Pink Line will run from Nonthaburi’s Khae Rai area to Minburi in Bangkok. The lines are expected to go into operation by 2022.

 

The 34.5-kilometre long Yellow Line will have 30 stations, while the 30.4km long Pink Line will have 23 stations.

 

In 2017, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand signed a joint venture with the Northern Bangkok Monorail for the Pink Line and with Eastern Bangkok Monorail for the Yellow Line.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30395443

 

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[Enoon]

 

"Police investigating theft of bogies" should be the headline.

 

A bogie:

 

 

Other news: "Bangkok Gold Line discovered to be not a Monorail".

 

 

 

 

Edited October 1, 2020 by Enoon

[from the home of CC]

[Susco]

Who got the free front loader washing machine?

 

[Justgrazing]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

delivery of the bogeys

Surely a Colonel should take delivery not a General ..

[sammieuk1]

How long before the headline monorail train collides with out of control airborne pickup ???? 

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

11 hours ago, webfact said:

delivery of the bogeys

Surely a Colonel should take delivery not a General ..

 

Instead the Kwai is on the wrong river....  

 

(I know different Kwaey pronunciation - but close enough for a jovial jibe!)

 

 

 

 

[yellowboat]

Electrified rail mass transit.   What will cha cha think of next?  Maybe he will take credit for electric buses. 

[steven100]

Excellent work from the PM Gen Khun Prayut Chan O Cha.

New trains, new electric buses, roads, bridges, rail construction, obviously his priority is jobs jobs and more jobs to get Thailand back up and running.

[Foghorn]

With a headline like that I thought it was about Thais having their fingers up their noses all day long and getting something for it

[Grumpy one]

Please get your facts right before you publish.

Bogies roll on tracks ( notice I use the plural " tracks " )  ????

A Mono rail has but one centre rail

Even an alcohol shrunk brain like mine can figure this out.

If in doubt watch the Simpsons episode where Homer becomes the mono rail train driver  ????

[Grumpy one]

2 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Electrified rail mass transit.   What will cha cha think of next?  Maybe he will take credit for electric buses. 

Hey it could have been a clockwork windup train  

[Moonlover]

18 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

"Police investigating theft of bogies" should be the headline.

 

A bogie:

 

 

Other news: "Bangkok Gold Line discovered to be not a Monorail".

 

 

 

 

This article triggers memories of travelling around India, where they also refer to the complete unit as a bogey or bogie. When I was getting my seat reservations, the ticket would refer to seat 'Number XX in bogey Number X'.

 

And as the Indian railways were largely a British enterprise where do you suppose the terminology came from? Such are the vagaries of the English language.

[ThailandRyan]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

Excellent work from the PM Gen Khun Prayut Chan O Cha.

New trains, new electric buses, roads, bridges, rail construction, obviously his priority is jobs jobs and more jobs to get Thailand back up and running.

Jobs for who Migrant workers who send most of the money home to there home countries Steven. Tell me where in these jobs you so proudly boast of are Thai's involved?

[Moonlover]

25 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

Please get your facts right before you publish.

Bogies roll on tracks ( notice I use the plural " tracks " )  ????

A Mono rail has but one centre rail

Even an alcohol shrunk brain like mine can figure this out.

If in doubt watch the Simpsons episode where Homer becomes the mono rail train driver  ????

And get your facts right oh @Grumpy one, monorails can and often do have bogies:

 

like conventional railways, vehicle bodies can be connected to the beam via bogies, allowing curves to be negotiated.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monorail

[Benmart]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

Excellent work from the PM Gen Khun Prayut Chan O Cha.

New trains, new electric buses, roads, bridges, rail construction, obviously his priority is jobs jobs and more jobs to get Thailand back up and running.

Freedom and justice cannot be puchased with such objects.

[trucking]

When I grew up a bogie was something small and round you picked from your nose to flick across the room.

 

Hence my initial surprise at the headline.

 

[Darkside Gray]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

Excellent work from the PM Gen Khun Prayut Chan O Cha.

New trains, new electric buses, roads, bridges, rail construction, obviously his priority is jobs jobs and more jobs to get Thailand back up and running.

I read a article yesterday that the cost of the new rail to the North had gone up by Bht10 Billion

[KhunKenAP]

These are all second hand from China. Will be a maintenance nightmare.

[Grumpy one]

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

And get your facts right oh @Grumpy one, monorails can and often do have bogies:

 

like conventional railways, vehicle bodies can be connected to the beam via bogies, allowing curves to be negotiated.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monorail

Well so be it, I wont take Homers word as the truth anymore 

[steven100]

8 minutes ago, KhunKenAP said:

These are all second hand from China. Will be a maintenance nightmare.

I hope they cleaned the fried rice from under the seats

[brianthainess]

Did he pick them himself or did someone pick them for him ?

[josephbloggs]

19 minutes ago, KhunKenAP said:

These are all second hand from China. Will be a maintenance nightmare.

A complete and utter lie.

[AgMech Cowboy]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

...and since they run on electricity, they will not add to the Bangkok pollution...

Correct me, if I'm wrong, but aren't all the MRT and BTS trains electric?

[PETERTHEEATER]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

and since they run on electricity, they will not add to the Bangkok pollution.

Only if the electricity generators run off the gas of political rhetoric!

[Justgrazing]

3 hours ago, Moonlover said:

This article triggers memories of travelling around India, where they also refer to the complete unit as a bogey or bogie. When I was getting my seat reservations, the ticket would refer to seat 'Number XX in bogey Number X'.

 

And as the Indian railways were largely a British enterprise where do you suppose the terminology came from? Such are the vagaries of the English language.

Correct M L .. India refers to bogie or bogey as the complete carriage rather than just the wheel assemblies .. 

[Scott Tracy]

The dear leader had nothing better to do? Did he take delivery, sign the docket? 

[Crossy]

Why not just call them trains?

 

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

21 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Jobs for who Migrant workers who send most of the money home to there home countries Steven. Tell me where in these jobs you so proudly boast of are Thai's involved?

I think his post was sarcastic, and that was exactly his point. Sure would be nice to fill these fancy new trains with Thais on their way to work. Instead, much of my wife's extended family is still out of work or on reduced hours, while for some reason, they keep catching minibuses full of illegal migrant workers, on their way to BKK jobs lined up for them.

[Moonlover]

On 10/2/2020 at 11:29 AM, KhunKenAP said:

These are all second hand from China. Will be a maintenance nightmare.

Nonsense. Why do you post such rubbish, Are you bored or something?

 

BSR selected Bombardier INNOVIA Monorail 300 rolling stock for the MRT Yellow line.[17] The BSR has announced that they will purchase 28, 4 car sets to operate the MRT Yellow line.[18] These trains will be manufactured at CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation factory in Wuhu, Anhui, China. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Line_(Bangkok)