Barriers for all railway crossings in Thailand after fatal accident


The sign for a train station is pictured next to investigators working on the wreckage of an overturned bus involved in a deadly collision with a train at Khlong Kwaeng Klan railway station in Chachoengsao province, east of the Thai capital Bangkok, on Octo 11, 2020. - AFP

BANGKOK (Xinhua): Thailand's Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said Tuesday (Oct 13) that he issued an immediate order to have all railway crossings across the country, to be installed with barriers and signals.

The move came after Sunday's fatal train-bus collision which killed 18 and injured some 30 passengers.

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