- Source: Thaksin Express
The Thaksin Express (Thai: รถด่วนพิเศษทักษิณ) is an express train run by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) between Bangkok and Su-ngai Kolok, a border town in Narathiwat Province and the end of the southern rail line. Thaksin is a Thai word for 'south' (from the Sanskrit word dakshin), thus this train is referred to as the "Southern Express". The train's passenger cars include 1st- and 2nd-class air conditioned sleepers, 2nd-class fan sleepers, 2nd-class fan seating coaches, 3rd class air conditioned and fan seating coaches, and a dining car.
Overview
The train passes through cities and towns along the western edge of the gulf coast of southern Thailand on the upper Malay Peninsula. These include Nakhon Pathom, Hua Hin, Surat Thani, Hat Yai, Yala, and Su-ngai Kolok. Although the rail line is connected to the Malaysian rail system towards Rantau Panjang Station, there is no cross-border service on this route.
Timetable
Train Number 37 Bangkok - Su-ngai Kolok (departure times)
Bangkok (กรุงเทพ) - 15:10
Sam Sen (สามเสน) - 15:28
Bang Sue (บางซื่อ) - 15:39
Bang Bumru (บางบำหรุ) - 15:57
Salaya (ศาลายา) - 16:14
Nakhon Pathom (นครปฐม) - 16:42
Ban Pong (บ้านโป่ง) - 17:00
Ratchaburi (ราชบุรี) - 17:29
Phetburi (เพชรบุรี) - 18:15
Hua Hin (หัวหิน) - 19:11 - three minute stop to change crews
Wang Phong (วังก์พง) - 19:31
Prachuap Khiri Khan (ประจวบคีรีขันธ์) - 20:28
Bang Saphan Yai (บางสะพานใหญ่)- 21:38
Chumphon (ชุมพร) - 23:32 - ten minute stop for refuelling and changing crews
Surat Thani (สุราษฎร์ธานี) - 01:56 next day - three minute stop to change crews
Thung Song (ทุ่งสง) - 03:54 - 10 minute stop for refuelling
Phatthalung (พัทลุง) - 05:37 - three minute stop to change crews
Bang Kaeo (บางแก้ว) - 06:07
Hat Yai (หาดใหญ่) - 07:31 - 15 minute stop for uncoupling from No. 45 (to Padang Besar), and refuelling
Chana (จะนะ) - 08:07
Pattani (ปัตตานี) - 08:51
Yala (ยะลา) - 09:28 - three minute stop to change crews
Rue Sau (รือเสาะ) - 10:03
Tanyong Mas (ตันหยงมัส) - 10:35
Sugei Padi (สุไหงปาดี) - 11:02
Su-ngai Kolok (สุไหงโกลก) - 11:25 arrival
Train Number 38 Su-ngai Kolok - Bangkok (departure times)
Su-ngai Kolok (สุไหงโกลก) - 14:20
Sugei Padi (สุไหงปาดี) - 14:36
Tanyong Mas (ตันหยงมัส) - 15:03
Rue Sau (รือเสาะ) - 15:34
Yala (ยะลา) - 16:06 - three minute stop to change crews
Pattani (ปัตตานี) - 16:37
Hat Yai (หาดใหญ่) - 18:05 - 20 minute stop for attaching to No. 46 (from Padang Besar), and refuelling
Bang Kaeo (บางแก้ว) - 19:06
Phatthalung (พัทลุง) - 19:34 - three minute stop to change crews
Thung Song (ทุ่งสง) - 21:19 - 15 minute stop for refuelling and changing crews
Surat Thani (สุราษฎร์ธานี) - 23:00 - three minute stop for changing crews
Chumphon (ชุมพร) - 01:36 (next day) - 10 minute stop for refuelling and changing crews
Bang Saphan Yai (บางสะพานใหญ่)- 03:08
Prachuap Khiri Khan (ประจวบคีรีขันธ์) - 04:17
Hua Hin (หัวหิน) - 05:34 - three minute stop to change crews
Ratchaburi (ราชบุรี) - 07:26
Ban Pong (บ้านโป่ง) - 07:58
Nakhon Pathom (นครปฐม) - 08:21
Salaya (ศาลายา) - 09:05
Bang Bumru (บางบำหรุ) - 09:32
Bang Sue (บางซื่อ) - 09:54
Sam Sen (สามเสน) - 10:05
Bangkok (กรุงเทพ) - 10:30 arrival
Current status
There are about 3-4 second class rakes plus one first class rake for the train between Hat Yai-Su-ngai Kolok.
For the local people in the southern provinces, the Southern Special Express 37/38 serves as a means of reassurance that the central government will not abandon the local people of the three southern provinces despite the ongoing insurgencies there.
References
Schedule for Thaksin Special Express 37
Schedule for Thaksin Special Express 38
External links
SRT southern route timetable
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Manchester City F.C.
- Kudeta Thailand 2006
- Thailand
- Thaksin Express
- Thaksin Shinawatra
- Thaksin (disambiguation)
- State Railway of Thailand ASR class
- International Express
- Premiership of Thaksin Shinawatra
- List of named passenger trains of Southeast Asia
- 2006 Thai coup d'état
- 2005–2006 Thai political crisis
- List of rail accidents in Thailand
