Bukit station (Thai: สถานีบูกิต) is a railway station located in Bukit Subdistrict, Cho-airong District, Narathiwat. It is a class 3 railway station located 1,115.83 km (693.3 mi) from Thon Buri railway station.
Bukit บูกิต | |||||||||||
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| Location | Mu 3 (Ban Sathani Bukit), Bukit Subdistrict, Cho-airong District, Narathiwat | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°11′54″N 101°49′08″E / 6.1982°N 101.8188°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | State Railway of Thailand | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Southern Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | บู. | ||||||||||
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South Thailand insurgency events
edit- On 17 July 2010, separatists shot two grenades at Bukit Railway Station, using an M79 grenade launcher. The shootings occurred at around 22:00, when all train services in the Hat Yai-Sungai Kolok area had been finished. No one was injured from the bombings. The first grenade crater was found about 5 metres to the right of the station building, and was 6 inches wide and 5 inches deep, with M79 shrapnel surrounding the area. The second grenade crater was found in a rambutan plantation next to a military patrol base in front of the station, which was 8 inches wide and 6 inches deep.[1]
- On 28 August 2012, separatists shot Local Train No. 447 Surat Thani-Sungai Kolok between Bukit-Ai Satia, causing 1 fatality and 2 seriously injured. All casualties were military volunteers. The locomotive and all 6 bogies were all found to have bullet holes. The shootings occurred 2 times, the first about 500 metres from Bukit Station and the second at a military railway patrol base.[2]
Services
edit- Local No. 447/448 Surat Thani-Sungai Kolok-Surat Thani
- Local No. 451/452 Nakhon Si Thammarat-Sungai Kolok-Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Local No. 453/454 Yala-Sungai Kolok-Yala
- Local No. 463/464 Phatthalung-Sungai Kolok-Phatthalung
References
edit- ^ "โจรใต้ยิงเอ็ม 79 ถล่มสถานีรถไฟเจาะไอร้อง 2 ลูกซ้อน". 18 July 2010.
- ^ "ยิงถล่มรถไฟเจาะไอร้องอส.ดับ1สาหัส2". 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- Ichirō, Kakizaki (2010). Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi. Kyōto: Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. ISBN 978-4-87698-848-8.[page needed]
- Otohiro, Watanabe (2013). Tai kokutetsu yonsenkiro no tabi: shasō fūkei kanzen kiroku. Tōkyō: Bungeisha. ISBN 978-4-286-13041-5.[page needed]
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