Crossy Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 21 hours ago, Jimdandy said: so it's easy to get to the end of the line and change cars quickly and efficiently. Really? Have you any idea just how long it takes to split a permanently coupled train-set even in the depot? Also, you can't "just add cars", the current 4-car trains are the maximum length (two power cars and two trailers) that the power cars and the power supply system can support, so adding two more (to make 6 car trains) will not be a low-cost exercise ???? It would have been nice if the system was originally designed to allow two 3-car trainsets to be coupled to make a 6-car. But that would have needed a significant number of "spare" sets that would see little use in the early days, the money just wasn't there. We are now paying for the shortcomings in the original "to a price" design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 5:12 PM, Just Weird said: What are we supposed to be checking out? The enormous amount of people on the platform waiting for the pitifully small 4 car train that will be bursting at the seams once they all try to board it. Or so some would try and have us believe. Now, this is what I call a crowded train: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkspeaker Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 boarded one of the new-type bts train today.friday @ siam 4pm reached phrakonong in exactly 15min, no delays.. too bad i was geting off b4 onut, couldof cheked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 20 hours ago, pkspeaker said: boarded one of the new-type bts train today.friday @ siam 4pm reached phrakonong in exactly 15min, no delays.. too bad i was geting off b4 onut, couldof cheked No, you couldn't "of" [sic], you were going in the opposite direction. It's back to normal now, anyway, at least it was on Thursday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Overnight track repair was the reason given (on Thai social media by BTS employees) for the in-bound and out-bound low speeds between Nana and Ploenchit last month. Seems like it takes ~ 7 - 10 days for the repairs. They have to move over the repair areas very slowly. Assume it's the same for the On Nut/Phrakhanong segment(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.