Khao Chum Thong Junction railway station
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Khao Chum Thong Junction ชุมทางเขาชุมทอง | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | National Highway No.4018, Khuan Koei Subdistrict, Ron Phibun District Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Thailand | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | State Railway of Thailand | |||||||||||||||
Managed by | Ministry of Transport | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | ชท. | |||||||||||||||
Classification | Class 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 1914 | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Sam Yaek Nakhon | |||||||||||||||
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Khao Chum Thong Junction railway station is a railway station located in Khuan Koei Subdistrict, Ron Phibun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat. The station is a class 2 railway station, located 781.018 km (485.3 mi) from Thon Buri railway station. This station is the junction for the Southern Line mainline and the Nakhon Si Thammarat Branch Line.
History
[edit]Khao Chum Thong Junction opened as a junction railway station in October 1914, along the Thung Song Junction–Phatthalung section of the Southern Line. Initially, the station was called "Sam Yaek Nakhon" (lit. Three-way Junction for Nakhon [Si Thammarat]). Later the name was changed to the current name in 1917, under the orders of King Vajiravudh.
In the past Khao Chum Thong was a station that all trains must stop as it was a water and wood fueling station. However, these facilities were removed in 1982, when no more steam locomotives were used.
Train services
[edit]- Express train No. 85 / 86 Bangkok–Nakhon Si Thammarat–Bangkok
- Rapid train No. 169 / 170 Bangkok–Yala–Bangkok
- Rapid train No. 173 / 174 Bangkok–Nakhon Si Thammarat–Bangkok
- Local train No. 445 / 446 Chumphon–Hat Yai–Chumphon
- Local train No. 447 / 448 Surat Thani–Sungai Kolok–Surat Thani
- Local train No. 451/452 Nakhon Si Thammarat–Sungai Kolok–Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Local train No. 455/456 Nakhon Si Thammarat–Yala–Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Local train No. 457/458 Nakhon Si Thammarat–Phatthalung–Nakhon Si Thammarat
In popular culture
[edit]This junction railway station was cited in the 1965 Thai action film Chum Thang Khao Chum Thong as a backdrop of story and the theme song, which shares the same Thai title as the film and was performed by Rapin Phutai, also became a memorable luk thung (Thai country song) hit.
References
[edit]- 岡本和之 (1993). タイ鉄道旅行. めこん. ISBN 4-8396-0080-5.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 杉本聖一 (2000). 魅惑のタイ鉄道. 玉川新聞社. ISBN 4-924882-29-1.
- 柿崎一郎 (2010). 王国の鉄路 タイ鉄道の歴史. 京都大学学術出版会. ISBN 978-4-87698-848-8.
- 渡邉乙弘 (2013). タイ国鉄4000キロの旅. 文芸社. ISBN 978-4-286-13041-5.
- Vassana (2009-04-03). "เพลงที่36...ชุมทางเขาชุมทอง" [Song36th...Khao Chum Thong Junction]. Oknation (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-10-09.
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