BTS train service briefly disrupted
Bangkok Mass Transit System's train service was disrupted after a woman fainted and fell onto a track at the Ratchathewi station on Monday morning.
According to an announcement on Twitter page BTS Sky Train, the incident occurred at 7.16am. Station staff immediately pushed the emergency button to halt the train service.
The entire BTS service on the Sukhumvit line came to a temporarily halt during rush hours, leaving a large number of passengers weaiting at stations along the route.
After the woman, who was identified later as Suwadee Heng-udom, 22, was helped off rail track and taken to the station's first-aid room the train service resumed.
Similar accidents have ocurred a few time before at BTS stations and the operator has installed barriers at some stations to prevent a recurrence.