Passenger Train Derails, Nearly 30 Injured

[george]

Train derails, nearly 30 injured

NAKHON SAWAN: --A passenger train derailed in Thailand's northern province of Nakhon Sawan yesterday evening, causing nearly 30 people injured.

The incident took place at Hua Ngiew Train Station in Nakhon Sawan at around 05:00 p.m. when the last two bogies of the Chiang Mai-Bangkok train disconnected from the rest and derailed.

Most passengers of the two derailed bogies were safe, but 28 of them were injured, and were sent to nearby hospitals, according to local journalists.

The SRT's Governor, Chitsanti Dhanasobhon, went to inspect the scene himself and to take care of the injured passengers.

Ms. Sukhuman Sritula, Head of the Public Relations Division of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), told the journalists that the 28 passengers suffered from minor injuries, and that no people died.

She said that most of the passengers in the last two bogies were students from a commercial college in Bangkok who were returning from a youth camp in the North.

The train later arrived in Bangkok safely without the two derailed ones which were being repaired.

The railroad was opened as usual just hours after the accident.

Damages of the accident have yet been available.

--TNA 2004-10-28

[DJ Pat]

As a railway enthusiast, this is a sad story. The track gauge in Thailand is too narrow.

[marquess]

D.J Pat, can you tell me how old the railway system is in Thailand? Which system was it modelled on? Thanks!

[DJ Pat]

It was modelled on India's railways that were laid by the British Government in the late 1800s.

[marquess]

That's saying alot, aren't there alot of accidents on the Indian system? I recall my wife telling me that it was at the time of Rama V, that most of the current railway was laid??