webfact Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Airport Rail Link Fails Second Time This WeekBy Sasiwan MokkhasenStaff ReporterAirport Rail Link in an undated file photo. Photo: Public Relations DepartmentBANGKOK — The Airport Rail Link was paralyzed for the second time this week Thursday afternoon, leaving passengers stuck for almost an hour.The state railway announced it resumed the operation at 4:44pm, about one hour after it stopped running due to a track switch failure between the Ratchaprarop and Phaya Thai stations.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1458814080&typecate=06§ion= -- Khaosod English 2016-03-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Would these disruptions have anything to do with the maintenance schedule the manufacturer (Seimens?) deemed necessary but not followed with Germanic precision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgrassboy Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Ground hog day indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I can see the ' evil spirits ' excuse and a merit making ceremony being a major priority anytime now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 And the PM wants these clowns to run a high speed rail network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 And the PM wants these clowns to run a high speed rail network High speed failures...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Airport Rail Link Board Meeting: "What happened to the maintenance budget? It's not there anymore, I looked!" "You looked? That's great initiative, I'll take a note of that." "Remember that golfing trip for families and friends? First class, 5 starts, All You Can Eat?" "yea, I won the tournament..., oops. Ahem,...let's just bless the crap out of them trains, 'kay?" "Anyone recording this? No dash cams allowed in here!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Wonderful service when you're trying to catch a flight, hmm? We might be able to get you to the airport, maybe not. Train hab probrum agin. Solle sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 .........300 million baht for maintenance.....wow....where did it go...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 .........300 million baht for maintenance.....wow....where did it go...... one guess !! .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfish Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Do they have toilets? Could get embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveSamui6262 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 The MRT, then the BTS, and now the Airport Link, all within about the last 10 weeks. I'm predicting a catastrophic train wreck in Bangkok's future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchurch259 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Do they have toilets? Could get embarrassingNo toilets on regular short trains, do not think they work on express trains, which are not Express anymore ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchurch259 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 The PM and Tourism of Thailand should take a look at this service and the condition of the Express Trains, which at no longer Express. For a lot of tourist this is the third chance to see how wonderful The LOS is. (1) Customs, (2) Baggage Claim and (3) Rail Service. The trains are too crowded most of the time leaving either end of the service, then all the local commuters add to the crowded trains. There is no Express Trains meant to serve the traveling public, only the local service. The Express Cars have a lot of seats removed. The seat covers are filthy, the Capet is faded and dirty. My first full time job as a young boy was with the Seaboard Railway and back in 1950 they knew how to run a railroad, Airport Rail needs a lot of help. Some station elevators have been inoperative all the time I have been using almost daily since August 2015, once something breaks in Thailand that becomes the new norm ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Have they not realised yet that they should employ professional engineers not people who call themselves engineers? I guess though that would mean bringing in people from other countries and we cant have that can we? Better that everyone is inconvenienced than get people who know what they are doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 The MRT, then the BTS, and now the Airport Link, all within about the last 10 weeks. I'm predicting a catastrophic train wreck in Bangkok's future. They have to be moving to have a wreck, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCruncher Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Would these disruptions have anything to do with the maintenance schedule the manufacturer (Seimens?) deemed necessary but not followed with Germanic precision? Maintenance? Is there actually a word for in the Thai vocabulary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 The MRT, then the BTS, and now the Airport Link, all within about the last 10 weeks. I'm predicting a catastrophic train wreck in Bangkok's future. I'm no fan of BTS's management, whom I view as totally incompetent. But from the maintenance and service continuation viewpoint, it hasn't done too badly. Likewise the MRT; though minus the management criticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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