Hat Yai Junction Railway Station
Hat Yai Junction encouraged Hat Yai's economic boom and growth, making the city larger than the province's capital Songkhla.
History
The original station was known as U-Taphao Junction and was located to the north of the current station. The U-Taphao 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. U-Tapao was reduced to a halt and eventually closed. 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.
Terrorist attacks
Hat Yai Junction has been a target of multiple terrorist attacks during the South Thailand insurgency.
- 29 June 1977 - Bomb, 14 injured
- 7 August 1977 - Bomb on Hat Yai–Bangkok Train
- 1989 - 2 Bombs, 7 dead
- 7 May 2001 - Bomb, 4 fatalities including a 5-year-old boy.
Pop culture
Hat Yai Junction railway station is the setting of at least two Thai pop songs, including (Thai: สัญญาใจ; RTGS: sanya jai) 'Love Promise') by Narathip Kanchanawat of Chatree band, in 1980, and has been covered by many artists since then. The second is the Thai protest song (phleng phuea chiwit), titled 'Promise at Hat Yai' (Thai: คำสัญญาที่หาดใหญ่; RTGS: kam sanya thi hat yai) by Jew Khonkhianphleng in 1994.
Gallery
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Platforms -
A historical locomotive on display at the station.
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References
- ^ สมโชติ อ๋องสกุล. (11 กันยายน 2562). "ชีวิตและผลงานไทศึกษาของศาสตราจารย์เจีย แยนจอง : จากหาดใหญ่สู่กวางตุ้ง สิบสองปันนาและคุนหมิง". ศิลปวัฒนธรรม. 40:11, หน้า 31
- ^ "ประวัติหาดใหญ่". เทศบาลนครหาดใหญ่. 2016-06-03. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
- ^ พูโล กับการต่อสู้ที่เปลี่ยนไป Archived 2007-12-26 at archive.today สถาบันข่าวอิศรา
- ^ “ปุระชัย” เช็กบิลตำรวจ - ฝ่ายปกครอง สังเวยระเบิดสถานีรถไฟ
7°00′14″N 100°28′03″E / 7.00389°N 100.46750°E
