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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's ...
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 Southern Line has been the target of terrorist attacks of the South Thailand Insurgency especially between the Hat Yai-Sungai Kolok section. All stations and halts between Hat Yai Junction and Sungai Kolok have been fenced off and gates are opened and closed only during operating hours. Trains operate only during the day between 06:00 and ...
Since 2021, there 3 return trains operate from Hat Yai Junction and terminate at Padang Besar across the Malaysia–Thailand border. [24] SRT has also historically allowed operation of the Eastern and Oriental Express on their tracks which runs from Singapore to Bangkok and vice versa, although trips in 2024 did not enter Thailand.
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.
In March 2013, the transport minister revealed that only one company would be selected to run all high-speed train routes, scheduled to be operational between 2018 and 2019. [2] The first 86 km (53 mi) section from Krung Thep Aphiwat to Ayuthaya was planned to be tendered in late 2013.
Hat Yai monorail is a planned 18 kilometer-long elevated monorail consisted of 15 stations. As of 2016, the line is being studied by a university and the government. The design of the stations has been completed. The project will cost approximately 24.4 million baht to construct. [11] It is hoped that construction will begin in 2019.
Bangkok–Hat Yai: Southern Line: Thailand's Southern railway line and branch line to the Malaysian border at Padang Besar ~100: 974: Metre 1918 Malaysia: Padang Besar–Kuala Lumpur: West Coast Railway Line: Currently run by KTM Intercity and partly electrified. 140-110: 527: Metre c.1896: Kuala Lumpur–Johor Bahru: 140-110: 369: Metre c.1896 ...