12th train derailment today: Thailand

[webfact]

12th train derailment today

PHRAE: -- A maintenance train carriage derailed Wednesday morning in Phrae province, causing disruption on train services to the northern routes.

This is the 12th derailment in this year.

The accident took place at 8am in Denchai district, near the Kaengluang-Pakpan train station. The train carried stones to the point where a derailment took place last month and injured a number of passengers.

The State Railway of Thailand expects all train services to resume within 5pm today.

-- The Nation 2013-09-04

[baboon]

...And another one.

[CelticBhoy]

You have to admit that the locals here are awfully good at doing things badly.

[lungmi]

High Speed Trains in Thailand would be flying pigs.

[Robby nz]

The minister has said they don't want to give the railways any more money,

Wait till we get the 2.2 trillion.

[Katipo]

If I was a senior member of the State Railways, I'd be feeling a little bit more than embaressed right now.

[baboon]

Time for embassies to update their travel warnings before someone is killed?

[chooka]

Thailand the whole world is laughing at you. Close the bloody thing and fix it. It is very obvious that it is broken and doesn't work and if you can't see that then you definitely don't deserve to be part of the global community. If all your engineers bought their degrees at university and are just simply dimwits then save some face and hire a few external ones who can fix it for you.

Chew faster people we need more gum.

Edited September 4, 2013 by chooka

[Sung Ham]

Remember the over loaded truck scam, where trucks could buy a 3 day 'license' from the Highway police that ensured they would not be weighed.

Perhaps there's similar happening.

[yourauntbob]

The headline is a bit misleading, it looked to me as 12 trains derailed today.

[iamanisland]

The headline is a bit misleading, it looked to me as 12 trains derailed today.

Could be true??

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[yourauntbob]

I am officially scared of all means of transportation in Thailand. Until this year at least I had the trains.

buses are not to proper specs and are top heavy

vans have madmen at the wheel

taxis will beat you for a nickel

motortaxis have you hanging on for dear life

now trains are tipping over.........

p.s. boats are known to crash/sink

Edited September 4, 2013 by yourauntbob

[Skywalker69]

...And another one.

...And counting.

[gosompoi]

Wow with all the practice they must really be good at getting the trains back on the tracks by now!

[chooka]

Wow with all the practice they must really be good at getting the trains back on the tracks by now!

Pit stop training for the F1 they want to host.

[Songhua]

...And another one.

We're almost to the point it doesn't need reporting anymore. We can just wake up in the morning and ask ourselves, 'I wonder how the derailment went today?'.

[kotsak]

It was a maintenance train.. The irony..

Hub of derailments..

[ignis]

wonder when it will get on the list of Hubs ?

Thailand Hub for derailments, must be well up there by this time

Edited September 4, 2013 by ignis

[jackr]

I am officially scared of all means of transportation in Thailand. Until this year at least I had the trains.

buses are not to proper specs and are top heavy

vans have madmen at the wheel

taxis will beat you for a nickel

motortaxis have you hanging on for dear life

now trains are tipping over.........

p.s. boats are known to crash/sink

... as are planes.

[NongKhaiKid]

Has someone told SRT about the Guinness Book of Records ? With the Thai love of face looks like they're trying to get into it.

[chooka]

...And another one.

We're almost to the point it doesn't need reporting anymore. We can just wake up in the morning and ask ourselves, 'I wonder how the derailment went today?'.

As sure as the sun will come up in the morning.

[chooka]

wonder when it will get on the list of Hubs ?

Thailand Hub for derailments, must be well up there by this time

Do you mean this HUB

Commerce Ministry wants Thailand to be ASEAN logistics hub in Thailand News

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[edwinchester]

I am officially scared of all means of transportation in Thailand.  Until this year at least I had the trains.

 

buses are not to proper specs and are top heavy

vans have madmen at the wheel

taxis will beat you for a nickel

motortaxis have you hanging on for dear life

now trains are tipping over.........

 

 

p.s. boats are known to crash/sink

Rollerskates or jetpacks seem the way to go.

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[NongKhaiKid]

Thailand the whole world is laughing at you. Close the bloody thing and fix it. It is very obvious that it is broken and doesn't work and if you can't see that then you definitely don't deserve to be part of the global community. If all your engineers bought their degrees at university and are just simply dimwits then save some face and hire a few external ones who can fix it for you.

Chew faster people we need more gum.

Chooka, with the Thais attitude to themselves and that the rest of the world doesn't really exist and certainly doesn't matter do you think they don't realise that this does get reported outside of the country in travel publications, on TV travel shows and the like or just don't care.

Don't worry TAT will kiss it all better.

[whybother]

All will be fixed when they put the high speed trains in ....

Well, one line, anyway. Bad luck about all the other lines. They'll have to wait until the country can save up another 2.2 trillion baht.

[pisico]

Of derailments, maintenance and Thainess, etc.

Maintenance = according to Thainess. Only after something is broken and it's absolutely necessary to save face

Derailments = a component of Thainess

Selective justice = see above

[Sayonarax]

Yeah, don't think ill be taking a train ride anytime soon.

Maybe the PM should take a ride, so she can announce how safe it is.

[baboon]

I am officially scared of all means of transportation in Thailand. Until this year at least I had the trains.

buses are not to proper specs and are top heavy

vans have madmen at the wheel

taxis will beat you for a nickel

motortaxis have you hanging on for dear life

now trains are tipping over.........

p.s. boats are known to crash/sink

Rollerskates or jetpacks seem the way to go.

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Jetskis?

[purushanti]

Could these derailments be due to some shifting, some stretching, of the earth itself? In which case, not due to human failure.

[rogerdee123]

Thailand is becoming the hub of train derailments