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[CrazyExpat]

Sad news from the Hun Hin area about a train derailing because of the rain.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A passenger train bound for Bangkok derailed in Thailand's Hua Hin coastal resort district in heavy rain early Monday, killing at least five people and injuring up to 50, local media reports said.

About six of the train's 16 cars went off the tracks and some people were believed trapped, reported Jor Sor Roi, a Bangkok radio station, quoting rescue workers at the scene.

http://www.reuters.c...E59404W20091005

[Thaifan]

Sad news indeed!! Hua Hin is one of my favourite places in Thailand and as an ex-railwayman I am always concerned about train accidents. I always criticised Australia's XPT's being over 25 years old and that they needed to be replaced by a Tilt-Train or one of the new era models. However, one advantage of the XPT is that though they have derailed, when they do they always stay upright which helps prevent fatalities.

[Thaifan]

This story also made the BBC news!!

[Beer Chang]

Always a shame when people die or are seriously injured.

I always feel safer on trains than with other travel modes.