Bukit railway station explained
| Address: | Mu 3 (Ban Sathani Bukit), Bukit Subdistrict, Cho-airong District, Narathiwat |
| Code: | บู. |
| Line: | Southern Line |
| Bukit |
| Native Name: | บูกิต |
| Style: | SRT |
| Coordinates: | 6.1982°N 101.8188°W |
| Owned: | State Railway of Thailand |
| Platform: | 1 |
| Tracks: | 2 |
Bukit station (th|สถานีบูกิต) is a railway station located in Bukit Subdistrict, Cho-airong District, Narathiwat. It is a class 3 railway station located 1115.831NaN1 from Thon Buri railway station.
South Thailand insurgency events
- 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
- 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
- Book: Ichirō, Kakizaki. 2010. Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi. Kyōto. Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. 978-4-87698-848-8.
- Book: Otohiro, Watanabe. 2013. Tai kokutetsu yonsenkiro no tabi: shasō fūkei kanzen kiroku. Tōkyō. Bungeisha. 978-4-286-13041-5.
Notes and References
- News: โจรใต้ยิงเอ็ม 79 ถล่มสถานีรถไฟเจาะไอร้อง 2 ลูกซ้อน. 18 July 2010.
- News: ยิงถล่มรถไฟเจาะไอร้องอส.ดับ1สาหัส2. 28 August 2012. 15 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924080612/http://www.posttoday.com/crime/173648. 24 September 2015. dead.
