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The Thaksin Express (Thai: รถด่วนทักษิณ) is a special express train between Bangkok and Sungai Golok, a border town in Narathiwat province and the end of the southern rail line. The word "Thaksin" is another Thai word for "south"(from Sanskrit word "dakshin"), so the name of this train can be translated as "the Southern Express". The southbound train no.37 departs Bangkok at 15:10 hrs. everyday and arrives in Sungai Golok at 10:45 hrs. on the next day. The northbound train no.38 departs Sungai Golok at 11:30 hrs. everyday and arrives in Bangkok at 08.45 hrs. on the next day.

Passenger cars include 1st- and 2nd-class sleepers, 2nd-class seating coaches, and a dining car. The train passes interesting cities and towns along the east coast of southern Thailand on the upper Malay peninsula. These include the old city of Nakhon Pathom, the seaside resort town of Hua Hin, the port city of Surat Thani, the commercial city of Hat Yai (or Haadyai), the Islamic city of Yala, and the commercial border town of Sungai Golok. Although the rail line is connected to the Malaysian one, there is no cross-border service on this route.

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