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CHIANG MAI — A British man was arrested Thursday morning for spray painting a a railway station wall.William Brian Zielinski, 38, was fined 4,000 baht after railway employee Somkid Deeloy complained to police that he sprayed a wall at the Chiang Mai Railway station at about 9am.Full story: khaosodenglish.comBy Chayanit
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A station master who clocked up a 100,000 baht overtime payment in one month insists he has been working 24 hours a day, but with breaks.Netizens have questioned how he could possibly have worked the number of hours claimed in his pay slip, released on social media, which has prompted
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BANGKOK, 12 June 2017 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will ask the Cabinet to enforce Section 44 to expedite the delayed Thai-Chinese railway project. Mr. Somkid has expressed his confidence that the Ministry of Transport will be able to sumbit nine double track train projects to the Cabinet
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BANGKOK, 5 February 2017 (NNT) – The construction process of the Thai-Chinese railroad project will not be initiated through the use of article 44. All procedures will commence normally and be completed within the time frame, says the government spokesman.Government spokesman Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd has responded to the claim
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PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, 12 January 2017 (NNT) - The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will be urgently fixing the bent railway in Bang Saphan district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, after floods have subsided.SRT Governor Wutthichart Kallayanamit has admitted that one kilometer of the southern railway tracks in Bang Saphan district,
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BANGKOK, 6 December 2016 (NNT) – The governor of State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has explained that heavy rains have eroded rail lines in Pattalung and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces, impacting train transport in the southern region.SRT Governor Wuthichat Kalayanimit has explained the suspension of the Taksinnarat Express Train Line
Read More Thailand and China will sign a memorandum of collaboration (MoC) to extend the ambitious Thai-Sino Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima rail project to Nong Khai, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will lead a delegation to sign the MoC with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing next Friday, the minister said
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The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) today reopened the railway services from Bangkok to destinations in the deep south following the bomb sabotage of its rail line in Pattani on September 3 that forced the closure of the southern rail services for eight days.The first train to leave for the
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