The train stops at an approach for 20 minutes to allow passengers to click pictures.
Thailand’s ‘floating train’, which takes passengers to spectacular lake views, is attracting a large number of travelers this year due to the rise in water levels after the monsoons. Tickets for the ride are selling out fast, according to news agency Reuters. The train starts in the capital Bangkok for the day trip and takes passengers to a bridge over Thailand’s largest earth-filled dam, the Pasak Jolacid Dam, in Lopburi province. The train only runs on weekends between November and February and tickets have been sold out until the new year, according to Reuters.
After starting in Bangkok, the train passes the Pasak Jolacid Dam, six hours away on an elevated track above water level, which officials say has been unusually high this year.
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It stops for 20 minutes at the approach to the dam station, allowing passengers to admire the view and click pictures before being taken to the next stop.
“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Banyanuch Pahuyut, who was among 600 passengers traveling on the route on Sunday, told Reuters.
Weekend train operations are expected to boost domestic tourism, which has been hit by COVID-19. Train will run on all weekends except 31st December and 1st January nation thailand,
A round-trip from Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong station to Pak Jolacid Dam costs THB330 (Rs 725) for non-air-conditioned and THB560 (Rs 1,230) for air-conditioned travel. Ticket sales will start from 1st November this year.
Tickets can be booked at railway stations as well as online, on the official website and mobile application of State Railway Thailand.
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