Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:

vladimir wrote:tbf this kind of stuff happens in almost every western country, loads of stories of train accidents which seemed almost deliberate in their stupidity

Like those bozos in France who had to rebuild railway station platforms because they didn't measure the train width correctly

Stuff like this everywhere, but as John says, Cambodia basically has one working line. France and other countries have thousands of km of rail and hundreds of trains running at the same time. If they fuck up with one line, it's kind of funny and doesn't bode well for expansion.

Duncan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:54 am Khouth Sophak Chakrya | The Phnom Penh Post
Publication date 15 January 2018 | 18:15 ICT

Two people were killed in a railroad accident in Takeo province on Sunday, with another injured in a separate accident in Preah Sihanouk the same day.

Cheal Phat, Tram Kak district traffic chief, said cousins Pang Pheakdey, 27, and Keo Run, 25, were riding a motorbike, and ducked under a safety barrier as a freight train was travelling through Takeo on its way from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville. Both died on impact.

“They were hit and dragged for dozens of metres, so they died immediately at the scene. But this railway accident is not the mistake of the train operator. They rode the motorbike… under the checkpoint bar while the train was approaching at the intersection,” Phat said.

The bodies were returned to the families for a traditional funeral.

Later that day, Stung Hav district military official Seng Phoan was injured when a train hit his car from behind as he drove off-road along a railroad track
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cptrelentless wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:11 pm I don't think a helmet would do you much good as you are smeared along the railway line for the half a km it takes a freight train to stop. It might be worth taking a look each way before crossing, though.