Thailand Rail Posters
Terrifying trains, gruesome posters, and a safety campaign you won’t forget.
Back in the 1960s, Thailand decided that the best way to teach train safety was through sheer terror. Enter: the Thai train safety posters—gruesome, horrifying, and definitely not subtle. Instead of polite reminders to watch your step, these posters depicted people being mangled, crushed, and otherwise obliterated by trains in disturbingly graphic detail. Because nothing says "be careful" like an illustration of someone’s severed limbs flying through the air.
These posters were meant to scare people into being cautious, and honestly, mission accomplished. Featuring bold colors, exaggerated horror, and plenty of nightmare fuel, they made sure you never forgot to look both ways before crossing the tracks. Over the years, they became infamous for their over-the-top approach, turning what should have been a simple PSA into an unintentional horror show.
Today, they live on as a weird relic of public safety history—less "informative warning" and more "trauma-inducing cautionary tale."
