Khao Chum Thong Junction railway station

Khao Chum Thong Junction

ชุมทางเขาชุมทอง
Khao Chum Thong Junction; ชุมทางเขาชุมทอง
	Sign of station
Location	National Highway No.4018, Khuan Koei Subdistrict, Ron Phibun District; Nakhon Si Thammarat Province; Thailand
Operated by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Su-ngai Kolok Main Line; Nakhon Si Thammarat Branch;
Platforms	2
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	ชท.
Classification	Class 2
History
Opened	October 1914
Previous names	Sam Yaek Nakhon
Services
Location

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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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.

Coordinates: 8°08′52″N 99°52′56″E / 8.1479°N 99.8822°E / 8.1479; 99.8822

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