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KTM Intercity has long enjoyed moderate success, but increasingly faces competition with road and air travel, as expressways (motorways) increase in number and budget airlines offer shorter travelling time. In 2006, KTM Intercity earned a profit of RM 70.94 million as group revenue, hovering around the RM 65 million mark since 2001.
Trains 947/948 and 949/950 Ordinary Express - 2 arrivals/departures from/to Hat Yai; Besides the 3 Thai train services, there are currently no regular trains going across the Malaysia–Thailand border with the State Railway of Thailand's International Express no longer serving Butterworth, Malaysia and the termination of Keretapi Tanah Melayu ...
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]
The journey takes roughly 18 hours. Between Bangkok and Hat Yai, the Train is Coupled at the South End of Special Express No. 37 and No. 38 on the Return Journey. No. 45 is separated from No. 37 at Hat Yai, to head for their different Destinations, and No. 46 is Reconnected to No. 38 at Hat Yai, to head for their same Destinations, Bangkok.
The KTM ETS, commercially known as ETS (Electric Train Service), is an inter-city higher-speed rail service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). The KTM ETS is the second electric train service to be operated by the Malaysian railway company after KTM Komuter , and the second inter-city rail service after KTM Intercity .
The branch station was initially U-Taphao Junction (925.80 km from Bangkok). The location of the branch station was a poor choice as it was located in the flood area of Khlong U-Taphao. TAs a result the branch was relocated in 1922 to the newly built Hat Yai Junction (km 928.58). The Songkhla branch line was shut down on July 1, 1978.
For long-distance travel, bus transport dominates. Low-speed rail travel has long been a rural long-distance transport mechanism, though plans are underway to expand services with high-speed rail lines extending to several major regions of Thailand. Road transportation is the primary form of freight transport across the country.
Hat Yai–Songkhla: 30 km (19 mi) Metre gauge: 1913 1 July 1978 Began operations in 1913. In 1978 the Cabinet has approved the cancellation of Hat Yai–Songkhla lines, but preserve the railways. Now are under study to rebuild again as part of the Surat Thani-Hat Yai-Songkhla double tracking project. Nam Tok–Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma Railway)