Tag: State Railway of Thailand (SRT)
Transport Min hires consultants for new rail construction
BANGKOK, 10 July 2013 The Transport Ministry has hired consulting companies to conduct engineering and EIA surveys on its new rail project on...
More funds injected into building Red Line electric railway
BANGKOK, 8 January 2013 The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) reports that the Cabinet has approved the second contract on the construction of...
Transport ministry reports on progress of the Red and the Green...
BANGKOK, 2 July 2012 - The Transport Ministry is set to propose the Red Line electric railway project to the cabinet for approval on...
Getting Around Thailand
Travellers have many options for getting around Thailand. There is a wide range of air, train, bus and boat services that can take...
All northbound trains resume normal service schedules
LAMPHUN, May 28 -- All northbound trains resumed service Monday morning after being suspended since Saturday evening because of the derailment of an...
Railway workers attempting to retrieve empty derailed train carriages in Lamphun
LAMPANG, May 27 - Railway workers are attempting to retrieve 11 empty derailed train carriages in Lamphun currently blocking the railway to the...
JJ Market vendors seek extension of stall leasehold
BANGKOK, 25 May 2012 - Yesterday a group of 20 Chatuchak market vendors, led by Chartree Sophonbannarak, chairman of the Association of Chatuchak...
Railway service restored; Bt160 million initial estimated damage
BANGKOK, April 25 -- The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) early Wednesday cleared four oil tanker train bogies derailed Tuesday afternoon in Bangkok’s...
SRT prepared 250 trains to accommodate Songkran travelers
BANGKOK, 6 April 2012 – The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to offer more train service to travelers during the upcoming Songkran holidays....
State railways evacuate flood victims to nearby provinces
BANGKOK, Oct 26 – The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is ready to evacuate about 1,600 flood victims currently sheltering in Bangkok to new...
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Pattaya Retirees: Lucas Vanlaar
“Between a rock and a hard place”
PATTAYA, Thailand - At 76, Australian retiree Luke Vanlaar (born in Holland) has been settled in Jomtien just...
Pattaya enhances public amenities with new state-of-the-art Toilet Buses
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya City is tackling the shortage of public restrooms by acquiring six new mobile units, with the arrival of the first...
Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution
PATTAYA, Thailand - In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significant step forward on April 25 with...
Thailand’s declining birth rate sparks future population concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand - The Paediatric Society of Thailand has sounded the alarm over a troubling trend where the number of births in Thailand has...
Immigration police raid nets 21 Myanmar nationals in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police conducted a raid on two rented rooms in Soi Khopai South Pattaya on April 24, following reports of...