Line(s) Southern Line Disabled access Yes Phone +66 74 234 978 | Parking yes Station code หใ. Platforms in use 6 | |
Location Rotfai Road, Hat Yai Subdistrict, Hat Yai City, Songkhla Owned by State Railway of Thailand
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Address Hat Yai, Hat Yai District, Songkhla 90110, Thailand Owners State Railway of Thailand, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Similar Bang Sue Junction Railway, Su‑ngai Kolok Railway, Khao Chum Thong Ju, Butterworth railway station, Nong Pladuk Junction | ||
Srt hat yai junction railway station
Hat Yai Junction is an international railway junction and a Class 1 Railway Station for the State Railway of Thailand in the centre of Hat Yai City, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The station is located 928.585 km (577.0 mi) from Bangkok's Thon Buri Railway Station and serves as a junction for the mainline Southern Line towards Pattani, Yala and Sungai Kolok (border point with Malaysia at Rantau Panjang) and the Butterworth, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Line (border point with Malaysia at Padang Besar). The station also includes a large locomotive depot adjacent to the station.
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Hat Yai Junction encouraged Hat Yai's economic boom and growth, making the city larger than the province's capital Songkhla.
Srt hat yai junction railway station
History
Originally, the station was named U-Taphao Junction and was located to the north of the current 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. 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.
Services
There are 24 trains serving Hat Yai Junction daily, 12 each way. All types of trains must stop at this station. The trains are of the following:
Terrorist attacks
Hat Yai Junction has been a target for the "Land Separation Movement" (South Thailand insurgency).