Heavy flooding stops trains between Lampang and Chiang Mai
SRT halts all Chiang Mai-bound trains at Lampang due to heavy flooding, just one day after services were resumed following a landslide
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has announced that all Chiang Mai-bound trains will stop at Lampang from Thursday morning until further notice.
The SRT said that trains heading to Chiang Mai cannot go beyond Lampang station due to flooding, so passengers need to be transported by bus from Lampang to Chiang Mai stations instead.
The SRT had only on Wednesday resumed services between Lampang and Chiang Mai after a landslide blocked the Khun Tan Tunnel in Lampang’s Hang Chat district late on Sunday night.
The Chiang Mai railway station announced at 9.30am on Thursday that a 600-metre section of the railway track between Sarapee and Chiang Mai stations was under about 20 centimetres of water and could not be navigated.
