Railway officials Mobilize your resources to clear the railway route. Between Ban Pin Station – Kaeng Luang All day and all night It is expected that the train route can be opened as early as this evening (Oct. 1), while the water situation in Phrae Province is out of the critical period. Because there was no additional rain falling.
Mr. Suraphong Piyachote, Deputy Minister of Transport along with Mr. Kriang Kaltinan, Deputy Minister of Interior and Mr. Worawat Euapinyakul, Phrae Provincial MP, Pheu Thai Party, went to the area to follow up on the work of State Railway of Thailand officials. At Ban Pin Railway Station, Long District, Phrae Province, to listen to a briefing on the train navigation situation. Special Express Train No. 13 Bangkok Apiwat-Chiang Mai that derailed between Kaeng Luang – Ban Puen In the area of Ban Huai Mae Ta, Village No. 7, Ban Pin Subdistrict, Long District, in the early morning of September 30th. Due to the flash flood hitting the railroad tracks, causing 4 train cars to derail.
The Deputy Minister of Transport stated that the State Railway of Thailand used a special danger-assistance train from Uttaradit Province to lift 4 derailed cars and repair tracks that were washed out in all 6 places. Recently, 1 passenger car was recovered and Send back to Den Chai Railway Station. Today, the remaining 3 train cars will be removed from the tracks and the tracks will be repaired. By compacting the embankment and filling in the railroad tracks with rocks. It is expected that normal bus operations will resume by 6:00 p.m. today.
The overall picture of the damage that occurred is believed to be a lesson to prevent the same from happening again. Instruct the railways to survey routes that are at risk of train derailments. especially in steep areas expected to be finished Buses will open this evening (Oct. 1). Damage cannot yet be assessed. There are many agencies helping each other. But he urged areas prone to flash floods to prevent water from eroding the railway bedrock. And traveling by train is considered the safest. No one was injured in this incident.
Mr. Chutidet Meechan, Governor of Phrae Province, said that the good news is that the rain did not fall again last night. As a result, the water situation in Phrae Province has decreased until it is no longer in crisis. There is only the area of Wang Chin District, the last point before entering Sukhothai Province, which still needs to closely monitor the situation.
Source: Thai News Agency