Sungai Golok railway station is a railway station in Sungai Golok Sub-district,
Su-ngai Kolok District,
Narathiwat. It is a class 1 railway station from
Thon Buri railway station
Thon Buri railway station ( th, สถานีรถไฟธนบุรี) formerly known as Bangkok Noi railway station (สถานีรถไฟบางกอกน้อย), is a railway station in Siriraj Sub-district, Bangkok Noi ...
. Sungai Golok Station is the furthest railway station from
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
, and the terminus of the
Southern Line.
History
It opened in September 1921 as part of the Southern Line
Tanyong Mat–Su-ngai Kolok section. Su-ngai Kolok borders
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
. In the past, rail services used to extend to
Rantau Panjang
Rantau Panjang ( Jawi: رنتاو ڤنجڠ)
( Thai: รันเตาปันจัง) is a daerah (subdistrict/commune) and also a parliamentary constituency in Pasir Mas District, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Geography
Rantau Panjang is located nea ...
, across the Harmony Railway Bridge, over the
Golok River. Later, Thai
DMUs took up the entire schedule, up to
Tumpat, and this soon led to protests and the disuse of this link. Nowadays, rail cross-border services at this checkpoint are closed. There have been talks about re-establishing this rail border crossing.
Train services
* Thaksin Special Express train No. 37 / 38 Bangkok–Su-ngai Kolok–Bangkok
* Rapid train No. 171 / 172 Bangkok–Su-ngai Kolok–Bangkok
* Rapid train No. 175 / 176 Hat Yai Junction–Su-ngai Kolok–Hat Yai Junction
* Local train No. 447 / 448 Surat Thani–Su-ngai Kolok–Surat Thani
* Local train No. 451 / 452 Nakhon Si Thammarat–Su-ngai Kolok–Nakhon Si Thammarat
* Local train No. 453 / 454 Yala–Su-ngai Kolok–Yala
* Local train No. 463 / 464 Phatthalung–Su-ngai Kolok–Phatthalung
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Railway stations in Thailand
Railway stations opened in 1921
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