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• TRANSPORT Safety push for public minivans

  06/02/2012 : The Transport Ministry will tighten regulations to ensure the safety of public service minivans which have been involved in a rising number of accidents in recent years.

• New 'protection' for motorbike taxis

  30/01/2012 : A son of Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, Wan, will be assigned to coordinate with police to protect motorcycle taxi operators from extortion, Transport Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan said on Monday.

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  Get a ticket to ride everywhere

  05/01/2012 : If things go to plan, getting about in Bangkok will be cheaper and more convenient by 2015.

• Floods, landslides in South

  04/01/2012 : Yala residents started cleaning up their flood-hit homes on Wednesday as the water receded and Nakhon Si Thammarat airport reopened, following days of heavy rain brought by storms pummeling the South.

• Nakhon Si airport open again

  04/01/2012 : Nakhon Si Thammarat airport has reopened for airline services after having temporarily suspended all flights due to the bad weather, Civil Aviation Department chief Woradet Hanprasert said on Wednesday.

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  Palace, malls excluded from expressway

  04/01/2012 : Sra Pathum Palace and two nearby shopping malls were always excluded from plans for the Bang Khlo-Chaeng Watthana expressway extension, says the Expressway Authority of Thailand.

• Train derails, 1 dead, 120 hurt

  28/12/2011 : A special express train running from Surat Thani to Bangkok derailed in Prachuap Khiri Khan province after hitting a pick-up truck at Pran Buri railway crossing on Wednesday afternoon, killing one person and injuring about 120 passengers, reports said.

• Gas price rise on Jan 16 confirmed

  28/12/2011 : The pump prices of natural gas for vehicles (NGV) and of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will rise in increments from Jan 16, Energy Policy and Planning Office director Suthep Liamsiricharoen said Wednesday.

• Floating NGV 'will hit transport costs'

  28/12/2011 : The government's plan to float the price of natural gas for vehicles (NGV) will affect the costs of transport, Land Transport Association (LTA) president Yu Chianyuenyongphong said on Wednesday.

• Road safety centre reopens

  26/12/2011 : The annual centre for preventing and reducing the number of road accidents during the 2011 New Year holiday period, and tabulating the road toll, was opened on Monday.

• Free train rides during NY holiday

  26/12/2011 : Some free train services will be provided during the New Year holiday period, State Railway of Thailand governor Yutthana Thapcharoen said Monday.

• Road safety centre reopens

  26/12/2011 : The government on Monday opened a centre for preventing and reducing the number of road accidents during the 2011 New Year holiday period.

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