Hat Yai Junction railway station
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Hat Yai Junction ชุมทางหาดใหญ่ | ||||||||||||||||
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Songkhla Province Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
Operated by | State Railway of Thailand | |||||||||||||||
Managed by | Ministry of Transport | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | หใ. | |||||||||||||||
Classification | Class 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1924 | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Khok Samet Chun | |||||||||||||||
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Hat Yai Junction is an international railway junction and a Class 1 railway station for the
Hat Yai Junction encouraged Hat Yai's economic boom and growth, making the city larger than the province's capital Songkhla.[citation needed]
History
The original station was known as U-Taphao Junction and was located to the north of the current station. The U-Taphao station also served as a junction for the Hat Yai–Songkhla Line. However, the junction often got hit by floods and was moved to the present location at Hat Yai Junction.[1] U-Tapao was reduced to a halt and eventually closed.[2] In 1978, the line from Hat Yai to Songkhla City closed down, leaving the junction to be only for the mainline to Sungai-Kolok and the branch to Butterworth.
Since the start of 2013, there have been plans to rebuild the line back to Songkhla City.
Terrorist attacks
Hat Yai Junction has been a target of multiple terrorist attacks during the South Thailand insurgency.
- 29 June 1977 - Bomb, 14 injured[3]
- 7 August 1977 - Bomb on Hat Yai–Bangkok Train
- 1989 - 2 Bombs, 7 dead[3]
- 7 May 2001 - Bomb, 4 fatalities including a 5-year-old boy.[4]
Pop culture
Hat Yai Junction railway station is the setting of at least two
References
- The article incorporates references from the corresponding page in the Thai wikipedia.
- ^ สมโชติ อ๋องสกุล. (11 กันยายน 2562). "ชีวิตและผลงานไทศึกษาของศาสตราจารย์เจีย แยนจอง : จากหาดใหญ่สู่กวางตุ้ง สิบสองปันนาและคุนหมิง". ศิลปวัฒนธรรม. 40:11, หน้า 31
- ^ "ประวัติหาดใหญ่". เทศบาลนครหาดใหญ่. 2016-06-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
- ^ a b พูโล กับการต่อสู้ที่เปลี่ยนไป สถาบันข่าวอิศรา
- ^ “ปุระชัย” เช็กบิลตำรวจ - ฝ่ายปกครอง สังเวยระเบิดสถานีรถไฟ[permanent dead link]