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Hat Yai Junction is an international railway junction and a Class 1 railway station for the State Railway of Thailand in the center 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 Padang Besar, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Line (border point with Malaysia at Padang Besar). The station yard is the location of a large locomotive depot: Hat Yai Depot, the southernmost railway depot in Thailand.

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Hat Yai Junction ชุมทางหาดใหญ่
Hat Yai Junction railway station in 2009.
General information
Location	Rotfai Road, Hat Yai Subdistrict, Hat Yai City, Songkhla Songkhla Province Thailand
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Su-ngai Kolok Main Line Padang Besar Branch Line
Platforms	6
Tracks	16
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	หใ.
Classification	Class 1
History
Opened	1924
Electrified	No
Previous names	Khok Samet Chun
Services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station Ban Din Lan towards Bangkok Southern Line Na Muang towards Su-ngai Kolok Terminus Southern Line Padang Besar Branch Khlong Ngae towards Padang Besar (Malaysia)
Location

Hat Yai Junction encouraged Hat Yai's economic boom and growth, making the city larger than the province's capital Songkhla.

History

Originally, the original station was U-Taphao Junction and was located to the north of the current station. 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 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.

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:

• Thaksinarat Express 31 Bangkok–Hat Yai Junction
• Thaksinarat Express 32 Hat Yai Junction–Bangkok
• Thaksin Express 37 Bangkok–Sungai Kolok
• International Express 45 Bangkok–Padang Besar (suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic)
• Thaksin Express 38 Sungai Kolok–Bangkok
• International Express 46 Padang Besar–Bangkok (suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic)
• Special Express 41 Bangkok–Yala (suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic)
• Special Express 42 Yala–Bangkok (suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic)
• Rapid 169 Bangkok–Yala
• Rapid 170 Yala–Bangkok
• Rapid 171 Bangkok–Sungai Kolok
• Rapid 172 Sungai Kolok–Bangkok
• Rapid 175 Hat Yai–Sungai Kolok
• Rapid 176 Sungai Kolok–Hat Yai
• Local 445 Chumphon–Hat Yai
• Local 446 Hat Yai–Chumphon
• Local 447 Surat Thani–Sungai Kolok
• Local 448 Sungai Kolok–Surat Thani
• Local 451 Nakhon Sri Thammarat–Sungai Kolok
• Local 452 Sungai Kolok–Nakhon Sri Thammarat
• Local 455 Nakhon Sri Thammarat–Yala
• Local 456 Yala–Nakhon Sri Thamamarat
• Local 463 Phatthalung–Sungai Kolok
• Local 464 Sungai Kolok–Phathalung
• Eastern and Oriental Express 974 Bangkok–Singapore
• Eastern and Oriental Express 975 Singapore–Bangkok
• Special Cross-Border Service 947 Hat Yai Junction–Padang Besar
• Special Cross-Border Service 948 Padang Besar–Hat Yai Junction
• Special Cross-Border Service 949 Hat Yai Junction–Padang Besar
• Special Cross-Border Service 950 Padang Besar–Hat Yai Junction

A special excursion train KTM Intercity 991/992 KL Sentral-Hat Yai Junction-KL Sentral that originate from KL Sentral station arrives this station as well.

Former services

• Local ??? Hat Yai Junction-Songkhla (ceased 1978)
• Local ??? Songkhla-Hat Yai Junction (ceased 1978)
• International Express 35 Bangkok-Butterworth (ceased 2016)
• International Express 36 Butterworth-Bangkok (ceased 2016)

Terrorist attacks

Hat Yai Junction has been a target for the "Land Separation Movement" (South Thailand insurgency).

• 29 June 1977 - Bomb, 14 injured^{[citation needed]}
• 7 August 1977 - Bomb on Hat Yai-Bangkok Train^{[citation needed]}
• 1989 - 2 Bombs, 7 dead^{[citation needed]}
• 7 May 2001 - Bomb, 4 dead including a 5-year-old boy.

Pop culture

Hat Yai Junction railway station is the setting of at least 2 Thai pops, including (Thai: สัญญาใจ; RTGS: sanya jai) 'Love Promise') by Narathip Kanchanawat of Chatree band, it has been popular since 1980, with new recordings by many performers, and Thai protest song (phleng phuea chiwit), titled (Thai: คำสัญญาที่หาดใหญ่; RTGS: kam sanya thi hat yai) 'Promise at Hat Yai') by Jew Khonkhianphleng in 1994.

Sources

• State Railway of Thailand^{[full citation needed]}
• rotfaithai.com^{[full citation needed]}
• Thai Post^{[dead link][full citation needed]}
• TJANEWS^{[dead link][full citation needed]}

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