Thailand Bars Alcohol Sales on Trains and at Hua Lamphong

[PoorSucker]

On 3/19/2025 at 8:44 AM, dinsdale said:

As I remember you were not allowed to take alcohol back to your seat.

I remember old ladies selling beer through windows when the train stopped at stations.

[steven100]

11 hours ago, proton said:

Hardly seems fair as you have to get half pissed to survive some train journeys here. Last time the 'express' took 13 hours from Ubon to Bkk, window was stuck open, doors tied back and a bit of string over the gapping door way at the back of the last coach we were in, where you could see the track below creeping by. Never again it stopped at almost every station for the water sellers and chicken on a stick vendors to get on. Sleepers are the only tolerable chuff chuffs.

absolutely agree ....   5 hour diesel dust chicken satay that's toured the platform 20 times.  

a sleeper cabin is the only bearable ... 

[sandyf]

26 minutes ago, marin said:

No alcohol is sold on the trains in any class. Been banned since 2015. 

You are free to think what you like.

[bristolgeoff]

I remember when u could drink in the food carriage staff also shared   a drink with customers.it was never a crazy place to drink  and after a meal a beer or drink.No one got drunk or silly and then they slept until they arrived  at the last stop.The train staff made sure no one got too drunk or crazy and thais also had a drink then slept

[Woke to Sounds]

On 3/18/2025 at 11:26 PM, black tabby12345 said:

Including from alcohol-free 3rd world Muslim nations.

While they are here, they often drink heavily.

Since they don't seem to have much of the immunity to liquor(due to their background; unable to drink back home).

I presume they can easily go out of control while drunk and it can  trigger dangerous/aggressive behavior.

 

I saw this several times on flights outbound from the Muslim majority country I once lived in.

 

Passengers would get absolutely shxtfaced on the flight because they could.

 

Nobody ever got violent but there were some incidents of vomiting on the way to the toilet!

[KireB]

On 3/19/2025 at 7:26 AM, Robert_Smith said:

Nanny train state.

 

regards,

bob.

Nanny states have much better rail connections than the US. Any high speed trains? 3rd world infrastructure, lol
 

[black tabby12345]

13 minutes ago, Woke to Sounds said:

 

I saw this several times on flights outbound from the Muslim majority country I once lived in.

 

Passengers would get absolutely shxtfaced on the flight because they could.

 

Nobody ever got violent but there were some incidents of vomiting on the way to the toilet!

 

Hi, thank you for sharing your personal experience.

On the flying plane, it is even more dangerous, isn't it?

Can be quite fatal if some drunk idiot damages the structure of the aircraft during the flight(e.g. breaking cabin window, or attempting to break into the cockpit).

 

Even though many airliners of the world secretly place at least one Sky Marshal on their flight(allowed to shoot the aggressor in some cases to prevent the worst. 

 

As well as the stewards/stewardesses are said to be trained to physically control and suppress the violent on board.

[Woke to Sounds]

21 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

Can be quite fatal if some drunk idiot damages the structure of the aircraft during the flight

 

Sure, you take your chances every time your board an aircraft.

 

It was 10 years ago this week (I think?) that the maniac pilot flying for GermanWings flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps, deliberately, killing everyone on board.

 

I wonder if he has moved 1 centimetre out of Hell in the meantime.

 

You never know what kind of maniac is at the controls...

[black tabby12345]

1 minute ago, Woke to Sounds said:

 

the maniac pilot flying for German Wings flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps, deliberately, killing everyone on board.

 

 

 

Reminds me of another similar case: Malaysian flight MH370.