BANGKOK, March 30 – The Airport Link’s express train services to Suvarnabhumi Airport were suspended due to a lack of spare parts, which are delivered from a company in Germany.
The "Express Line” train service to Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok’s main airpor, was suspended but is expected to resume service on Monday as Siemens AG, the train manufacturer, has sent new spare parts for the power-connecting carbon brush mechanism which is due to arrive Sunday, according to Pakorn Tangjetsakao, acting president of the SRT Electric Train company.
Meanwhile, the “City Line” stopped operating yesterday because its carbon brushes are worn out and there are no spare parts left. Three other “City Line” trains are still operating on a reduced schedule. It now runs every 20 minutes, a wider gap in frequency than the normal schedule of every 15 minutes, so it inconvenienced about 40,000 passengers and the trains are crowded during rush hours.
However, Siemens AG informed the SRT Electric Train Company that it will speed up the procurement of 32 carbon brushes and will have them delivered on Wednesday, so all nine trains (both the Express and City Lines) can resume services ahead of schedule as the service suspension causes losses of about Bt1.2 million (US$40,000) per day.
In the long term, Siemens must solve the quick wearing down of the carbon brushes, which is caused by the problem in the tunnel design at Suvarnabhumi station. (MCOT online news)
Credit: MCOT (www.mcot.net)
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