Social media posts shared in Thailand have falsely claimed that two celebrated steam trains were brought back into service during the tenure of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha. But the trains in fact resumed running in 2012, before Prayut seized power in a coup in 2014.
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is planning to turn Hua Lamphong railway station in Bangkok into a tourism landmark with a permanent exhibition of seven rare locomotives.
The cabinet has agreed in principle to a 7.7-billion-baht project to help 27,084 low-income households evicted from state land required for rail transport development, deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said on Wednesday.
KANGAR - No Malaysians were affected in the railway blast incident in Sadao, Thailand this afternoon, says Izizam Ibrahim, the Perlis executive council member in charge of border.