1 - 10 of 27 results for "railway"

  1. 1. news | 17 May 2013

    Dozens hurt in HK railway accident

    By AFP

    » Up to 50 people were injured when multiple cars derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor, on Friday.

  2. 2. news | 18 Apr 2013

    New rail dept to take over SRT duties

    TRANSPORT

    By Amornrat Mahitthirook, Newspaper section: News

    » A new department will be set up to oversee railway investment and regulation, taking over these responsibilities from the problem-plagued State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

  3. 3. learning | 26 Apr 2013

    Tourism: Death Railway to Kanchanaburi

    About tourism development

    By Jon Fernquest

    » To attract tourists, Myanmar plans to rebuild & reconnect to Thailand, famous railway build by prisoners of war during World War II.

  4. 4. news | 13 May 2013

    Last 'Death Railway' Brit dies

    By Online Reporters

    » The last British prisoner of war to work on the construction of the World War II "Death Railway" between Thailand and Myanmar has died, aged 99.

  5. 5. news | 25 Apr 2013

    Myanmar to revive 'Death Railway'

    By AFP

    » An elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan's "Death Railway".

  6. 6. news | 18 Apr 2013

    Relieved railway worker survives blast

    By Online Reporters

    » A worker at a railway station in Sukhothai's Muang district was lucky to escape with his life after he checked out a rucksack hanging from a nearby tree when he went into a nearby corn field to defecate - and then it...

  7. 7. learning | 07 Feb 2011

    derail

    Words in the news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » to prevent something from continuing in the way that it was planned ทำให้ล้มเหลว (of a train) to come off the railway tracks ตกราง

  8. 8. news | 03 Apr 2013

    Northern train line resumes

    By Online Reporters

    » All trains to Chiang Mai and the North have resumed normal service after the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) repaired damaged tracks in Lampang.

  9. 9. learning | 28 Jun 2012

    High-speed trains to replace cars, trucks

    About transportation

    By Jon Fernquest

    » 82-83% of Thai transport still by roads. Shift to more efficient railway transportation for goods & passengers focus of study.

  10. 10. learning | 02 Jan 2013

    Get ready for traffic jams & long commutes

    About cars & transportation

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Railway construction & 1.3 million new cars from govt program will increase traffic for many years to come before railways are finished.

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