Thailand’s ‘floating train’ a big hit as dam waters rise

Tickets have been promoting out quick in Thailand for rides on a particular “floating prepare,” the place passengers have been having fun with the phantasm of aquatic rail journey attributable to a post-monsoon rise in water ranges.

Vacationers take pleasure in after a prepare stops on the center of Pasak Jolasid Dam in Lopburi province, Thailand, Nov. 6, 2022. (REUTERS/Jiraporn Kwang Kuhakan / Reuters Pictures)

The route begins within the capital Bangkok and passes by means of the Pasak Jolasid dam in Lop Buri province six hours away on an elevated observe simply above the water degree, which officers say has been unusually excessive this 12 months.

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The prepare runs solely at weekends between November and February and tickets have been offered out till New Yr.”I’ve by no means seen something like this earlier than,” mentioned Bunyanuch Pahuyut, who was amongst 600 passengers who’ve traveled on the route on Sunday.