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List Of Rail Accidents In Thailand
This is a list of notable rail accidents in Thailand. Before 2000s * 1 August 1979: Ordinary Train No.165 approached the switch in Taling Chan railway station, Taling Chan Junction yard and collided with a freight train from Bang Sue Junction railway station, Bang Sue Junction, having gone through a red signal. 51 people were killed and 138 injured. It remains Thailand's worst railway disaster. * 8 November 1986: 6 runaway, unmanned, coupled locomotives which had their engines left on due to maintenance works at Bang Sue Depot collided at Bangkok railway station, killing 4 and injuring 4. * 23 May 1989: Rapid Train No.38 collided with an overhanging cliff between Pang Puai railway station, Lampang Province and Pha Khan railway station, Phrae Province. 8 carriages fell off the mountainside, resulting in 8 people killed and 139 injured. * 26 June 1998: Rapid Train No. 38 collided with an overhanging cliff between Pha Khan railway station and Ban Pin railway station, Phrae Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taling Chan Railway Station
Taling Chan Station is a railway station located in Taling Chan District, Bangkok. It is operated by the State Railway of Thailand and serves two routes: the Southern Main Line and the Bang Sue–Taling Chan SRT Light Red Line. It is located 22.136 kilometres from Bangkok Railway Station. Taling Chan Junction serves as a junction for the mainline from Bangkok and the short branchline to Thon Buri Railway Station, near Siriraj Hospital. Taling Chan Station is also the terminus for the current Light Red Line from Bang Sue. In the past, the station building was a wooden structure with about 5 platforms. Since 2009, the station has been rebuilt to concrete and other tracks were removed for the SRT Light Red Line new tracks. Train services *Ordinary 261/262 Bangkok–Hua Hin–Bangkok *Rapid 171/172 Bangkok–Sungai Kolok–Bangkok *Rapid 169/170 Bangkok–Yala–Bangkok *Commuter 355/356 Bangkok–Suphan Buri–Bangkok *Ordinary 251/252 Bang Sue Junction–Prachuap Khiri Khan–Bang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |