Khao Chum Thong Junction railway station

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.

Khao Chum Thong Junction ชุมทางเขาชุมทอง
Sign of station
Location	National Highway No.4018, Khuan Koei Subdistrict, Ron Phibun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
Owned by	State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	Southern Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	6
Other information
Station code	ชท.
History
Opened	October 1914
Previous names	Sam Yaek Nakhon
Services
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station Ron Phibun toward Bangkok Southern Line Khuan Nong Khwa toward Su-ngai Kolok Terminus Southern Line Nakhon Si Thammarat Branch Ban Koei Chen Halt toward Nakhon Si Thammarat

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 media

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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• 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.