bikkuri bahn Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 THAILAND: The first of 21 three-car metro trainsets being built by East Japan Railway’s J-TREC business for Bangkok’s Purple Line was shipped from Yokohama on September 7. The entire fleet is scheduled to arrive in Thailand by January, and revenue services on the 23 km Purple Line running from Bang Yai to Bang Sue with 16 stations are now expected to begin in August 2016. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/purple-line-trains-set-sail-for-bangkok.html Link to comment
bikkuri bahn Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) Arrival in Thailand: Nine carriages that will form three trains on Bangkok's Purple Line arrived from Japan on Friday for the new electric railway extension scheduled to open next August. Chula Sukmanop, director-general of the Marine Department, said the new carriages arrived from Yokohama on the Thai-registered TMN Progress vessel at Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri province at 9am Friday. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/698768/new-purple-line-trains-arrive Edited September 25, 2015 by bikkuri bahn Link to comment
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