Photos at link.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... thern-line
Travellers on rail services between Bangkok and the South were experiencing delays after a passenger train jumped off the tracks in Cha-am district of Phetchaburi province around noon on Monday.
The State Railway of Thailand said train No.255 from Thon Buri to Lang Suan station in Chumphon province derailed at 12.04pm after leaving Huay Sai Tai station in Cha-am. There were no injuries reported.
Six carriages jumped off the rails. Work gangs and heavy moving equipment were at the scene to put the carriages back on the tracks.
Prasong Komut, the Hua Hin station master, said the derailment could have been caused by the theft of pins fixing the tracks to the sleepers. Some were found to be missing from the tracks.
Trains in both directions were affected. He expected normal services would resume around 7pm.
Cha-am train derailment disrupts southern line
Cha-am train derailment disrupts southern line
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source
Re: Cha-am train derailment disrupts southern line
Stolen rail plates, screws caused train derailment
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... derailment
The owner of a scrap metal shop has been arrested for the theft of rail track screws and base plates that caused a passenger train derailment in Petchaburi province on Monday, blocking the main southern line for 12 hours.
The State Railway of Thailand said on Tuesday the derailment of train No.255, en route from Thon Buri to Lang Suan station in Chumphon province, was caused by missing screws and plates used to fasten the rails to the sleepers.
Six carriages of the train jumped the tracks about noon on Monday between Huay Sai Tai station and Hua Hin station. There were no injuries reported. Rail services between Bangkok and the South did not resume until around midnight.
Worawut Mala, acting SRT governor, said an inspection found 168 rail fastening screws and 40 base plates had been stolen and 340 sleepers damaged over a distance of 342 metres. He had ordered railway officials to file a police complaint.
Police and railway officials, led by Phetchaburi police chief Pol Maj Gen Thianchai Khamapaso, raided Rungcharoen scrap metal shop in Cha-am district of Phetchaburi about 7.30pm on Monday. They found and seized 25 rail base plates and 66 rail screws on the premises.
Owner Supachai Padsri was taken into police custody for colluding in theft and receiving stolen items.
According to police, Mr Supachai said a person had brought the items to his shop for sale a few days ago. He was busy at the time and did not ask to see the seller's ID card when he bought them.
He denied all charges.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... derailment
The owner of a scrap metal shop has been arrested for the theft of rail track screws and base plates that caused a passenger train derailment in Petchaburi province on Monday, blocking the main southern line for 12 hours.
The State Railway of Thailand said on Tuesday the derailment of train No.255, en route from Thon Buri to Lang Suan station in Chumphon province, was caused by missing screws and plates used to fasten the rails to the sleepers.
Six carriages of the train jumped the tracks about noon on Monday between Huay Sai Tai station and Hua Hin station. There were no injuries reported. Rail services between Bangkok and the South did not resume until around midnight.
Worawut Mala, acting SRT governor, said an inspection found 168 rail fastening screws and 40 base plates had been stolen and 340 sleepers damaged over a distance of 342 metres. He had ordered railway officials to file a police complaint.
Police and railway officials, led by Phetchaburi police chief Pol Maj Gen Thianchai Khamapaso, raided Rungcharoen scrap metal shop in Cha-am district of Phetchaburi about 7.30pm on Monday. They found and seized 25 rail base plates and 66 rail screws on the premises.
Owner Supachai Padsri was taken into police custody for colluding in theft and receiving stolen items.
According to police, Mr Supachai said a person had brought the items to his shop for sale a few days ago. He was busy at the time and did not ask to see the seller's ID card when he bought them.
He denied all charges.
May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil know`s you`re dead!