A Bangkok-Chiang Mai special express train derailed in Lampang on Friday evening, closing the State Railway of Thailand tracks until Saturday morning. The incident in Hang Chat district was the third derailment on the northern line in the past month and the ninth for the SRT this year. No one was injured. Read more: Bangkok […]
BANGKOK, Aug 16 – Thai police arrested a Lao woman and a Thai fresh market vendor allegedly involved in human trafficking of Lao girls for forced labour in one of Thailand’s largest fresh markets. Social Development and Human Security Minister Paveena Hongsakul and the police Anti Human-Trafficking Division jointly held a news conference on the […]
KANCHANABURI – A tour bus accident in this central province on Friday injured 26 Russian tourists, three of them seriously, as the driver lost control of the vehicle. The bus carrying 44 Russian tourists and three Thai nationals overturned on the Muang Sing Historical Park-Krasae Cave road in Sai Yok district, said Pol Lt Mekin […]
Five carriages of Aranyaprathet-Bangkok train derail while leaving Aranyaprathet station at 6:40am, no one injured. Services resumed. News Source: MCOT
Forensic experts are working to identify victims whose bodies were burnt beyond recognition after a horror bus crash in Kaeng Khoi in Saraburi early yesterday. The tragedy, which claimed 19 lives, has prompted Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt to consider additional measures such as safety briefings for people on interprovincial buses. Read more: The Nation
Nineteen people were killed and 19 others were injured when a 22-wheel trailer slamed into a crowded passenger bus and burst into fire in Saraburi’s Kaengkoi district early Tuesday morning. All the victims were passengers of the ill-fated two-deck bus, police said. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
PHRAE, July 18 – State Railway of Thailand (SRT) north-bound train service is expected to resume operation today at noon after the suspension caused by an express train derailment in Phrae which injured more than 30 passengers yesterday. Workers have tried to retrieve all seven carriages Wednesday night but only five could be cleared so […]
BANGKOK, July 17 – The deteriorated condition of the tracks combined with bad weather may have caused the Bangkok-Chiang Mai train derailment last night, an incident which injured more than 30 persons, Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt said today. The minister quoted State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Prapat Chongsanguan who inspected the accident scene as […]
