SRT Conducts Trial Run of Train Carriages From Japan

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) recently conducted a test run of passenger train carriages donated by Japan.

 

On Tuesday (6 Sept), SRT governor Nirut Maneephan led members of the press on a test run of the renovated Kiha 183 passenger train carriages that arrived from Japan in December of last year. Participants were able to ride the train on its trial route, which began at Bangkok’s Makkasan maintenance yard and ended at Hua Lamphong station.

 

The 17 second-hand carriages were donated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR HOKKAIDO), with SRT having paid 42 million baht to cover their shipment to Thailand. The carriages are now being converted for compatibility with Thailand’s one-meter gauge train tracks, and are having their interiors refurbished and repainted.

 

SRT plans to begin offering short tourism routes using the restored carriages at the end of this month. The state railway expects all 17 carriages to be operational by the end of next year.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220907153013037

 

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[ikke1959]

from 19th century carriages to mid 20th century carriages is a big improvement.... 

[arithai12]

14 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

from 19th century carriages to mid 20th century carriages is a big improvement.... 

still better than those not donated by your country.

any other negative thoughts?

[spidermike007]

Hurry, hurry this up. Anything would be an improvement over the highly embarrassing 70 year old cars they are currently using. Hard to make a case that Thailand is a developed nation, with a rail system that is currently in operation. Compared to much of the rest of the nation's infrastructure, the railway is quite an ugly monstrosity. Not to mention slow, and usually tardy. 

Edited September 8, 2022 by spidermike007

[mrfill]

3 hours ago, arithai12 said:

still better than those not donated by your country.

any other negative thoughts?

'Donated' rather than being scrapped, because scrapping is so much more expensive.

[ikke1959]

6 hours ago, arithai12 said:

still better than those not donated by your country.

any other negative thoughts?

My country can by new ones instead of putting money in pockets of them who has too much already...