Southern train services, from Hat Yai to Khlong Ngae station in Sadao district of Songkhla, were temporarily suspended after railway officials discovered that many plate screws and five rail sleeper plates had been removed from the track.

 

Railway officials in Hat Yai alerted security forces and troops and police were dispatched to the scene, at KM942/12-15 in Khlong Ngae village, to investigate.

 

325 plate screws, which are used to fix the rails to wooden sleepers, and five sleeper plates were found to be missing, leaving the track unsafe for trains.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/rail-plate-screws-removed-in-attempt-to-sabotage-train-services-in-hat-yai/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-01-04

 

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Last time they said it was just kids stealing metal for scrap and not a security issue.