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Report from Bangkok Post dated Saturday 27 May 2006 :-
Chiang Mai trains cancelled for 12 days
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Direct passenger trains to Chiang Mai have been suspended for at least 12 more days, until June 8, because of severe damage to rail tracks in the northern flash floods earlier this week, the chief of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) said Saturday.
Service has been stopped since Monday.
SRT Governor Chitsanti Dhanasobhon said a damage survey earlier this week on the rail line through Uttaradit Province found over 30 kilometers of track and three bridges to be badly damaged.
Passengers traveling to Chiang Mai must for now disembark at Uttaradit, then travel by bus the rest of the way via Den Chai and Lampang, he said.
Passengers with advance bookings who no longer want to travel between May 27 and June 7 can receive full reimbursement from the SRT, Mr Chitsanti said.
The initial estimate of damage is around 50 million baht, or about US$1.3 million.
The SRT chief said that he would visit on Saturday and offer food and medicine to SRT officials who had been affected by the floods.
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Thursday 1 June 2006 :-
Train track repairs in Northern Thailand may take a month : Storms on way pose new threat to rail link
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Uttaradit - It could be a month before repairs to flood-damaged tracks in the North are finished and trains can resume normal services through Uttaradit. Until then, rail passengers and freight on the limited services still operating will have to continue using road transport between Uttaradit station and Den Chai station in Phrae, State Railway of Thailand governor Chitsanti Dhanasobhon said yesterday.
Part of the track would hopefully be reopened in about two weeks, but repairs were being made under threat of more heavy rain and more landslides predicted by the weather office and geologists, he said.
Flashfloods and mudslides last week claimed the lives of at least 67 people in the North, with 37 still missing.
Large stretches of rail tracks in Uttaradit province were washed out by fierce currents which also crashed into the bridge posts at Ban Kang in Muang district and pushed it out of position.
''At some points the tracks were swept away by the rushing waters into nearby paddy fields. The water current was very, very strong,'' said a railway engineer who inspected a flooded area yesterday.
Total damage, including destroyed tracks, damaged locomotives and carriage compartments, was put at 92 million baht. The SRT is also losing up to five million baht a day from shutdown services, Mr Chitsanti said.
Only two out of the usual seven trains are running to Chiang Mai with buses taking passengers between Uttaradit and Phrae. Fuel and cargo is being trucked at high cost because of the price of diesel.
Uttaradit and other northern and northeastern provinces face further heavy rainfall. The Meteorology Department yesterday warned of more torrential rains and flash floods in one or two days as a strong low pressure trough moves through the region, particularly in Tak, Sakon Nakhon, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Roi Et and Si Sa Ket provinces.
The Department of Mineral Resources said there was a likelihood of more landslides in the North and Northeast and advised villagers to set up teams of volunteers to keep a close watch and provide early warning.
In Lop Buri, water pouring down from the Chin Lae mountain range has inundated villages in tambons Nikom Sangtoneng, Kok Tum and Ta Sala in Muang district. The flood, as deep as two metres, swept away household items and cattle. The villagers said it was the most severe flood in 50 years.
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