Stranded passengers in Bangkok use KTM


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 29 Nov 2008

BUTTERWORTH: KTM Berhad’s daily express train from Bangkok was swarmed with foreigners and locals, most of whom had been stranded in Thailand following the closure of the Thai capital’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Faces of fear and relief were visible when the train arrived at the Butterworth railway station at 1.50pm yesterday.

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