Bukit railway station

Bukit บูกิต
General information
Location	Mu 3 (Ban Sathani Bukit), Bukit Subdistrict, Cho-airong District, Narathiwat
Coordinates	6.1982°N 101.8188°E / 6.1982; 101.8188
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Southern Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	บู.
Services
Preceding station State Railway of Thailand Following station Cho-airong towards Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) or Krung Thep Aphiwat Southern Line Ai Satia Halt towards Su-ngai Kolok

Bukit station (Thai: สถานีบูกิต) is a railway station located in Bukit Subdistrict, Cho-airong District, Narathiwat. It is a class 3 railway station located 1,115.83 km (693.3 mi) 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

1. "โจรใต้ยิงเอ็ม 79 ถล่มสถานีรถไฟเจาะไอร้อง 2 ลูกซ้อน". 18 July 2010.
2. "ยิงถล่มรถไฟเจาะไอร้องอส.ดับ1สาหัส2". 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

• Ichirō, Kakizaki (2010). Ōkoku no tetsuro: tai tetsudō no rekishi. Kyōto: Kyōtodaigakugakujutsushuppankai. ISBN 978-4-87698-848-8.^{[page needed]}
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