Tag: State Railway of Thailand
Cabinet approves 106km double-track railway in eastern route
BANGKOK, July 10 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday approved the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) project to build 106km of double-track railway from...
Thailand inaugurates railway service for the physically-challenged
BANGKOK, June 20 – Thailand’s state railway service on Wednesday inaugurated its first train, modified to serve physically-challenged people, which will serve the...
TAT to join SRT in offering OTOP train service
BANGKOK, 13 June 2012 – The Thai tourism authority is set to join the country’s railway operator in starting a new transport service...
Airport Link to buy 7 more train compartments
BANGKOK, 11 June 2012 – The State Railway of Thailand (SRT), operator of the Airport Link, said it will purchase seven more train...
Cargo train derails in Nakhon Si Thammarat
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, May 5 -- A cargo train derailed in Nakhon Si Thammarat while heading from Bangkok to Songkhla's Hat Yai, paralysing...
Govt to mull over 20-baht train fare for new electric train...
BANGKOK, 23 March 2012 - The Transport Ministry has assigned the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to develop the plans for 10 additional...
Flooding in Thailand : Issued at Bangkok on 30 October 2011
The flooding in Thailand is mainly affecting the central provinces along the Chao Phraya River including Bangkok and Ayutthaya. Other popular tourist destinations in...
Special report: The new schedule for Royal Flora 2011
Chiang Mai Governor is planning to ask the hospitality sector to exempt a reservation fee for tourists who need to postpone their stay as...
Aiport Link to increase services to ease congestion
BANGKOK, 13 September 2011 -Airport Rail Link will adopt a short term solution to avoid peak hour congestions by adding more trips to its...
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Police check on Russian tourist sleeping drunk in Pattaya hotel for safety
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police were called to a hotel on August 13 after staff found a heavily intoxicated foreign tourist sleeping on...
Rescue volunteers suspended after taxi driver assaulted near Bangkok MRT Station
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Thailand’s IP authority warns creators over AI voice cloning and music remixes
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property is warning people using artificial intelligence (AI) to create, remix or transform copyrighted music that their...
Gun sports face major disruption under Thailand’s new weapons controls
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s gun sports community is seeking an exemption for licensed athletes after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered tighter controls on firearms,...
Nongprue Police search for armed psychiatric patient after hospital escape
PATTAYA, Thailand – Nongprue Police are continuing to search for a psychiatric patient who reportedly escaped from Pattaya Bhattamakun Hospital on August 8 and...