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Home » News from Thailand » Test drive with new train Thai railways
Test drive with new train Thai railways
The Thai Railways (SRT) has now received 39 trains of the 115 purchased in China. Yesterday the new train left for a test run from Bangkok to Nakhon Pathom. Prime Minister Prayut attended the christening of the train at Hua Lamphong.
The first trains will be deployed from October between Bangkok and Chiang Mai. This is followed by other routes such as to Ubon Ratchathani, Nong Khai and Hat Yai.
The new trains are in stark contrast to the old ones. The interior looks sleek and modern, such as dark red seats with pink headrests, light green seats in the restaurant, security cameras and toilets as you are used to on an airplane. Each seat has an LCD screen on which food and drinks can be ordered.
The last time the SRT bought new trains was in 1995, then from South Korea. Many of the current trains and wagons have been written off and show defects. In 2010, the SRT received permission from the cabinet to purchase new equipment.
Source: Bangkok Post
The SRT has bought new wagons.
No trains.
A train is assembled from a combination of wagons and a locomotive.
Do I understand correctly?
The entire track will be overhauled and will be widened to the world standard 1m instead of narrow gauge.
Rayong-BKK-Nomgkai-Chang mai. and possibly even more routes towards cambodia.
Then you are not going to buy 130 new carriages that will no longer fit on the rails.
But yes this is Thailand, maybe they have already ordered new axles, or spacers (LOL).
Not quite understood, Tooske.
The existing meter gauge will be completely renewed and made double track.
There are also some new lines planned, meter gauge, and also double track.
The renewed lines are provisionally upgraded to 120 km/h max, with a view to 150 km/h
There are also plans, largely motivated by the strategic importance of China, to build a few railway lines suitable for 160-200 km/h.
Whether that will ever happen is the question, it is becoming clear to everyone that China wants the land, exploit the railway lines, employ Chinese personnel, and so on.
Also, the difference between say 140 km/h and 160 km/h is not really worth the effort of construction and cost.
I think that goes too far for the government.
But if ever built, then it will be standard gauge, 143,5 cm.
And then the misery of two systems next to each other, which compete with each other, begins.
And that turned out to be not a good thing.
The Great British Railway Disaster is a dark example.
Even in the US, passenger transportation management is placed under one management, Amtrak.
Dear HansNL,
Everything is slower in Thailand:
1. The works have not yet started;
2. Once begun, they may take many years to complete;
3. The distances there are very great and the means are 'less modern' than here;
4. Once the works have started, they can still be stopped. The concrete pillars for the railway to Don Mueang have been there since 2008 (my first visit to Thailand) or earlier. In April this year I saw that they are building a new line there. I don't know what will happen to those 'old' concrete pillars…
I think it will take at least 15 years to convert the entire network to standard gauge.
In my opinion, these new carriages are a means of getting more travelers to take the train. Possibly with a view to the future. Changing the bogies is sufficient to make these carriages suitable for standard gauge.
At the risk of being accused of chatting, I'll answer Daniel anyway.
Things are moving slower in Thailand
Sometimes and often yes.
The works have not yet started.
If you mean improving the existing meter gauge, that's almost done.
If you mean the standard gauge strategically desired by China, yes, fortunately that has not yet started, see my previous comments.
Once they have started it could take years…
Oh yes, quite right.
A conversion of the track to 143,5 cm in Thailand is not planned.
An improvement and doubling of the meter gauge to a level of 150 km/h.
The track width in Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia is also one metre.
To be clear what a huge intervention rail widening is, they have been working in Australia for 30 years.
And far from finished.
And modern material can be put on other bogies, older material cannot.
And indeed, the new equipment that has been purchased has the potential to attract more customers.
Just like the material that is in the pipeline.
The aim is to attract more customers, get buses off the road, and reduce expensive road freight.