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Airport Rail Link derailment disrupts services, recovery expected by evening
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Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link was reduced to a single operating train on Wednesday (July 22) after a carriage derailed inside its Khlong Tan maintenance depot, blocking other trains from entering or leaving the facility.
Key facts
- Authorities said they hoped to increase services or restore normal operations by the evening, although additional trains and buses would remain available if repairs took longer than expected.
- SRT governor Anan Phonimdaeng said the incident occurred at 12.47am as a four-car Airport Rail Link train returned to the depot after completing its final services on Tuesday night.
- The third carriage derailed at switch No 3018 while the train was entering the maintenance facility
- A service advisory was issued through the Airport Rail Link Facebook page at 5am and circulated through other media channels.
Summary
Authorities said they hoped to increase services or restore normal operations by the evening, although additional trains and buses would remain available if repairs took longer than expected.
Deputy Transport Minister Siripong Angkasakulkiat visited the depot and met representatives of the Department of Rail Transport, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), SRT Electrified Train Co Ltd and Asia Era One Co Ltd.