Rueso railway station explained

Address:	Rueso Subdistrict, Rueso District, Yala
Code:	สะ.
Line:	Southern Line
Rueso
Native Name:	รือเสาะ
Coordinates:	6.3939°N 101.5153°W
Owned:	State Railway of Thailand
Platform:	2
Tracks:	3

Rueso railway station is a railway station located in Rueso Subdistrict, Rueso District, Narathiwat. It is a class 1 railway station located 1071.1911NaN1 from Thon Buri railway station.

Incidents

On 18 November 2012, a 100 kg bomb exploded under Local No. 463 Yala-Sungai Kolok. The bomb was planted under the railway tracks at the 1075 km post, between Rueso Railway Station and Ban Salo Bukit Yuaerae Halt. The bombing occurred at around 07:00 a.m., and caused one fatality (military volunteer) and 16 to be seriously injured. Carriage 7 (which was a guard's carriage) was destroyed to the largest extent from the impact of the bomb. The bomb crater was found 200 metres from Carriage 8 (the last carriage) and was three metres wide and 1.5 metres deep. Casualties were sent to Narathiwat Rajanagarindra Hospital afterwards.^[1]
On 8 March 2015, a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded in front of Rueso Railway Station. The bombing occurred at about 08:00 a.m., and caused nine casualties, of which were three soldiers and six locals. The casualties were sent to Rueso Hospital, Narathwiat Rajanagarindra Hospital and Yala Central Hospital afterwards. The motorcycle used was stolen from a deceased school teacher in Cho-airong District, and the registration plate was stolen from a local in Sukhirin District.^[2]

All events were part of the South Thailand Insurgency.

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