Bukit railway station

Bukit station is a railway station located in Bukit Subdistrict, Cho-airong District, Narathiwat. It is a class 3 railway station located from Thon Buri railway station.

South Thailand insurgency events

On 17 July 2010, separatists shot two grenades at Bukit Railway Station, using an M79 grenade launcher. The shootings occurred at around 22:00, when all train services in the Hat Yai-Sungai Kolok area had been finished. No one was injured from the bombings. The first grenade crater was found about 5 metres to the right of the station building, and was 6 inches wide and 5 inches deep, with M79 shrapnel surrounding the area. The second grenade crater was found in a rambutan plantation next to a military patrol base in front of the station, which was 8 inches wide and 6 inches deep.
On 28 August 2012, separatists shot Local Train No. 447 Surat Thani-Sungai Kolok between Bukit-Ai Satia, causing 1 fatality and 2 seriously injured. All casualties were military volunteers. The locomotive and all 6 bogies were all found to have bullet holes. The shootings occurred 2 times, the first about 500 metres from Bukit Station and the second at a military railway patrol base.