Subway resumes service after encountering minor problem

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok's underground train has resumed its service after a brief suspension this morning due to a minor technical problem.

The incident took place at around 08:15 a.m. when one of the subway's carriages slid from the rail track near the Rama IX Station, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), which oversees the Bangkok's subway system.

Passengers were, however, safely evacuated to both the Rama IX and the Thai Culture Stations.

The derailed train was later hauled to the Hua Lamphong Station for a technical check-up.

An official investigation of the cause of the incident was continuing, the MRTA told the journalists.

The Bangkok's first subway system has faced a series of incidents, leading to its three temporary suspensions since early this year, including the most serious one in mid January when an empty train crashed head on to the other, causing more than a hundred injuries, most of whom were passengers.

--TNA 2005-03-21

BANGKOK: --  The Bangkok's underground train has resumed its service after a brief suspension this morning due to a minor technical problem.

The derailed train was later hauled to the Hua Lamphong Station

nothing to worry about.... just a minor derailment???

What was it this time - chewing gum stuck on one of the tracks?

BANGKOK: --  The Bangkok's underground train has resumed its service after a brief suspension this morning due to a minor technical problem.

The derailed train was later hauled to the Hua Lamphong Station

nothing to worry about.... just a minor derailment???

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and if this wasn't bad enough.... later on in the same day:

SUBWAY MISHAP: Passengers stranded yet again

Published on Mar 21 , 2005

Power problem forces commuters to self-evacuate

Bangkok commuters had to extricate themselves from one of Bangkok's subway trains yesterday morning after a power failure left them stranded in the dark at Rama IX station. The Hua Lamphong-bound train was without power for 30 minutes during the morning rush hour. Its automatic doors failed to open, forcing the passengers to use a manual backup to open them.

No one was hurt, but consumer-confidence was. The latest mishap is one of a string of incidents that have dogged the service since it started last July.

The existing subway warning system cannot prevent electrical problems, but it is being upgraded to handle them, said Ronnavhit Yaemsaard, assistant governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand.

The service was briefly suspended on February 5, 9 and 21, following a power failure, a platform sensor problem and a signalling problem.

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