Chaiya Railway Station is the main railway station in the northern Surat Thani Province

Surat Thani Province

Surat Thani is the largest of the southern provinces of Thailand, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Surat Thani means City of Good People, the title given to the city by King Vajiravudh ....

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. It located on S.R.T.

State Railway of Thailand

The State Railway of Thailand is the state-owned rail operator in Thailand. The network sees around 50 million passengers per annum.-History:SRT was founded as the Royal State Railways of Siam in 1890...

 Southern Railway Line km 597+751 in Talad Chaiya Town

Talad Chaiya Town

Talat Chaiya is the one of two subdistrict municipalities in the Chaiya district, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It was founded as the center of Chaiya district in 1915 on the area of former Srivijaya city of Chaiya...

, Chaiya District. It has 2 track in its rail yard, 2 platform and has no siding for freight trains.

History

Chaiya Railway Station is the one of oldest railway station in the Southern Thailand

Southern Thailand

Southern Thailand is a distinct region of Thailand, connected with the Central region by the narrow Kra Isthmus.-Geography:Southern Thailand is located on the Malay Peninsula, with an area around 70,713 km², bounded to the north by Kra Isthmus as the narrowest part of the peninsula. The...

. It had been opened in 1915 in the land that later developed into the current Chaiya town. At that time the main settlement was at Phumriang, but many citizen moved to built houses near the new station, so a few year later that settlement had grown to a new town.

Chaiya Railway Station's appearance has been improved with repairs in November 2004. It was upgraded to a 2nd class station in May 2005.

Service

As of 2006, Chaiya Railway Station serves 20 train stops and 4 trains pass per day, all of them served by S.R.T.

1. International Express Train No. 35 / 36 Bangkok
   Bangkok
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    - Butterworth
   Butterworth, Penang
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    - Bangkok ( Doesn't Stop at CIY )
2. Taksin Special Express Train No. 37 / 38 Bangkok - Sungai Kolok - Bangkok ( Doesn't Stop at CIY )
3. Diesel Rail Special Express Train No. 39 / 40 Bangkok - Surat Thani - Bangkok
4. Diesel Rail Special Express Train No. 41 / 42 Bangkok - Yala
   Yala, Thailand
   Yala is a city in the extreme south of Thailand near the Malaysian border, and is administrative capital of Yala Province. The 2005 estimated population was 65,000. The city covers the whole tambon Sateng of Mueang Yala district....
   
    - Bangkok
5. Diesel Rail Special Express Train No. 43 / 44 Bangkok - Surat Thani - Bangkok
6. Express Train No. 83 / 84 Bangkok - Trang
   Trang
   Trang is the capital of Trang Province, Thailand. The city has a population of 59,637 and covers the whole tambon Thap Thiang of Mueang Trang district....
   
    - Bangkok
7. Express Train No. 85 / 86 Bangkok - Nakhon Si Thammarat
   Nakhon Si Thammarat
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    - Bangkok
8. Rapid Train No. 167 / 168 Bangkok - Kantang - Bangkok
9. Rapid Train No. 169 / 170 Bangkok - Yala - Bangkok
10. Rapid Train No. 171 / 172 Bangkok - Sungai Kolok - Bangkok
11. Rapid Train No. 173 / 174 Bangkok - Nakhon Si Thammarat - Bangkok
12. Local Train No. 445 / 446 Chumphon
    Chumphon
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     - Hat Yai
    Hat Yai
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     - Chumporn

Transportation

Many lines of minibuses connect the town of Chaiya and the station with other part of the district and neighbour districts, such as Chaiya - Bandon

Surat Thani

Surat Thani is a city in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It is the capital of the province Surat Thani. The city has a population of 128,179 , and an area of 68.97 square kilometers. The city's population density is 1,858.47 inhabitants per km².Suran Thani is...

, Chaiya - Phunphin

Phunphin

Phunphin is a district in the province Surat Thani in the south of Thailand. The town Tha Kham as the central town of the district has 22,478 citizens in an area of 14.2 square kilometer.-Geography:...

, Chaiya - Phumriang, Chaiya - Tha Chana, etc.