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Slow train to lifeless Bang Sue Grand Station
Oped, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 08/06/2023
» Help is urgently needed from whoever gets a chance to be the transport minister in the new government to prevent Bang Sue Grand Station from being another white elephant which does not live up to its promise.
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Too risky to use S44 for everything
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 02/11/2015
» The government seems not to be paying attention to this danger and is moving the country close to becoming comfortably addicted to the most powerful clause in the interim constitution -- Section 44. Cabinet ministers look to it as a cure-all which can fix every malady, from illegal trawlers to train construction.
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SRT offers a harsh lesson in failure
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 05/10/2015
» Here's a little bit of news for drenched travellers. What is probably the most expensive, cost-inefficient city airport check-in service in the world looks set to come to a close. And it's right here in Bangkok.
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Prayut right on track with rail investors
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 16/02/2015
» The score so far: Japan 1, China 1. But the great train battle between these two investment heavyweights for Thai turf is far from over.
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Yingluck pleas will struggle to be heard
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 26/01/2015
» Democracy in Thailand did not die on Jan 23, 2015 when the National Legislative Assembly voted to retroactively axe Yingluck Shinawatra from the premier's position and slap a five-year ban on politics for her.
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SRT is on the wrong side of the tracks
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 10/11/2014
» Thai trains are painfully slow. Their maximum speed is around 90km/h, but they normally scale down to around 60km/h or 70km/h due to poor track conditions.
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Trains to Kanchanaburi back to normal
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 29/07/2014
» The Kanchanaburi train route has been reopened after railway gangs cleared the track for normal service on Monday night.
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Women-only train carriages in 15 days
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 11/07/2014
» Carriages reserved for women passengers will be reintroduced on all overnight trains operated by the State Railway of Thailand by the end of next week, a senior SRT official said on Friday.
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Now to wipe away train travel blues
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 09/06/2014
» Advocates of a high-speed train network must check out a video clip on YouTube. The short clip, posted on May 31, has not exactly gone viral, but it is more than enough to reflect the sorry state of Thai trains.
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Where have all the real Ja Choeys gone?
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 03/02/2014
» Actions speak much louder than a YouTube series, and police top brass should be aware of this. The police force is using "Ja Choey", a police dummy, to improve its increasingly bad image after becoming a target of protesters' criticism within their campaign to oust caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
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