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Home » News from Thailand » Thai railways are competing with low-cost airlines
Thai railways are competing with low-cost airlines
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is competing with budget airlines, which are attractive to travelers because of cheap tickets and shorter travel times. That is why aging diesel trains on routes to popular tourist destinations are being replaced by new electric trains with air conditioning and comfortable seats.
The SRT will begin replacing obsolete train equipment on routes up to 300 km from Bangkok. The old diesel trains will then be used on the long-distance routes. The first three routes to be covered are Bangkok – Nakhon Sawan, Bangkok – Nakhon Ratchasima and Bangkok – Hua Hin. According to the SRT's development plan, these are 'strategic destinations'.
In the next phase, the electrical trains deployed on three routes outside the 300-km radius: Nakhon Sawan – Phitsanulok, Nakhon Ratchasima – Khon Kaen and Hua Hin – Surat Thani.
SRT Governor Worawut, who announced the plans yesterday, has not revealed a timeframe.
Source: Bangkok Post
Apparently the SRT has been startled from his sleep.
That took a while.
The question then is whether the track is suitable for faster trains.
A second question is whether those trains will still be affordable for the poorer Thai people.
But before the tracks are adjusted and power lines are installed and the trains are delivered, there will be a lot of diesel trains going back and forth.
After that, of course, they also need qualified technicians to maintain those new trains…
But it seems to me to be a great improvement for the environment.
Electric trains?
It is not entirely clear here how that is possible without overhead lines, which are not yet there.
Such a project would take 2-3 years to bring the indicated routes under the wire.
Dear Hans, I think that these electric trains will run on batteries just like the Teslaas and charging stations will also be installed at the train stations, the driver will plug in the charging cable and here we go again, Or maybe the trains will be equipped with solar panels.
It may also be that they put the power of the plus pole on one rail and the minus pole on the other rail.
They are resourceful when they have to be here, and with a little tinkering and imagination it should of course work out.
Jan Beute.
Dear Jan,
You are, in my opinion, not an electrician but rather a 'Willie Carrot'!
Plus on one rail and Minus on the other! Weak current surely? If a motorcycle happens to fall on those 2 rails, it will burn instantly!! And short circuit: so the train comes to a halt.
And those solar panels! You need about 500 m2 of panels for a train electric motor. Then it only runs during the day!
I'm curious how you solve this.
Dear Pear,
What Jan Beute says, that power rail is old, certainly has never been in a metro station, including Paris, there is a third rail that provides the energy. clear. I see it as the forced keeping open of the provincial canals in the Netherlands, a transport technique from centuries ago, which costs millions and is a stillborn child. This is the 21st century.
Dear Peer, was meant as a humorous remark.
The electrical voltage on the overhead lines in the Netherlands is 1200 volts direct current.
But as Khun Kampaen writes with subways, the tension does run through the rails.
And what do you think of the bumper cars at the fair, often used to be residents.
The voltage plus pole via the chicken wire at the top of the tent and the current goes via the tube with drag contact to the electric motor of the bumper car and the minus pole via the wheels to the steel row plates.
And what about above-ground monorail systems.
Jan Beute.
Clearly a 2-track policy at the SRT!
Or SRT Governor Worawut missed a turn or slept during the preparatory
discussions with Jicas, among others, about a HSL on various routes. (2017, 2018)
Eureka! Electric trains are coming. Just adjust the track width, here and there an electric one
hang up the pipe, maybe an adapted station and Thailand will join the race of nations!
“budget airlines, which are attractive to travelers because of cheap tickets and shorter journey times” (quote)
I think there are a few more factors that make budget airlines attractive. Compared to the train, the plane is still more expensive, but the difference could be reduced by investments in the railways. What about the convenience of online booking and payment, reserving a seat number, fewer delays, information in the event of delays or other important matters, service on board (at extra cost), cabin crew………