For those who like to use the Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link (SARL) you may wish to get up to speed on recent issues. There is some rumbling (again) about operations, safety, maintenance. We could be approaching a tipping point where human error combined with a lack of maintenance leads to potential problems.

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Maintenance failure blamed for airport train breakdown

THE failure to undertake a major maintenance programme led to a three-hour breakdown of Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link yesterday morning, with six passengers injured following a sudden power blackout that left an operating train idle between stations.

A major maintenance programme is needed as the rail system's trains have travelled more than 1.5 million kilometres, said former deputy Bangkok Governor Samart Rajapolsit.

However, Samart, who previously supervised the city's mass transit system, said the Airport Rail Link, operated by a unit of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), had not done needed major repair work, even though the five-year-old rail system has exceeded its 1.5-million-kilometre mark.

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Ministers slam rail link for rescue chaos

"I have checked. The airport link has had problems for a long time. No one has bothered to pay attention," Gen Prayut said.

Mr Ormsin said the company had failed to maintain the rail system and take sufficient care of commuters.

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