Thread: Fan car lower bunk - one up the shitter

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

without a care in the world.

That could not be further from the truth... I disowned 3 'happy go lucky' mates erlier this week.

Was it your turn to buy a round?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

The trains in Thailand are made my Daewoo which was a surprise - didn't know they made trains.

What next...DVD players made by Cadbury?

Daewoo is making all kind of stuff, ships for examples, so your comment is rather silly.

Originally Posted by sabang

Train travel is great (if you're not in a hurry), and 2nd class sleeper the way to go. I plan to get the train from Pattaya to Bkk one day, to check it out.

I have to disappoint you, there is no sleeper from Pattaya to Bangkok.

I thought Daewoo bought other companies end-of-line stock & basically stuck their badge on it.

I always went 2nd class sleeper upper and never at the end of the carriage when I was travelling alone -- safer. But, if the fan is defective, you never sleep. The dining car is definitely the best place to party, and the journey back to your bed, climbing over sleeping bodies in third class, is very entertaining, especially if you get back after 10pm and the carriage doors are locked.
If you are going to Hualongporn, the station has shower rooms for about Bt20. Great if you arrive at 4 or 5am.
The trains to Nong Khai are trickier -- there used to be two sleepers a night, and one was dismal. No dining car, etc.
But I love Thai trains for the fresh soft sheets and big soft towel blanket that's usually still warm from the dryer. And the attendant always gives you an extra one if you ask nicely.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

HAS there ever been a train crash in Thailand?

Quite a few, i think. As i recall, there was one at the start of this year in Hua Hin, and one at the end of last year in Phichit.


Did we ever establish the relevance of the 'one up the shitter' title here?

I guess if you get the lower bunk you have one over on somebody who doesn't.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

HAS there ever been a train crash in Thailand?

Loads of them.

Track doesn't go to Phuket. Surat Thani is the nearest station

Has there ever been a Train crash in Thailand ?

For 6 years - up to 2001- I handled loco claims for both the Thai and Malaysian systems ( they had the same insurers) and got about 3 incidents a month! The majority were locos hitting buffalo,trucks or cattle and most involved derailment. A few were track / maintainance or speed related. Only good thing was that most of both systems had a speed limit of 65 - 75 kph ( on the fast stretches ) and only dealt with 2 fatalities ( both in Malaysia ) in the whole time!

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp HAS there ever been a train crash in Thailand?

Not to mantion the BOMBS in the south and the random gunshots while passing close to Myanmar