Guide to Train Travel in Thailand

While travel in Thailand has been partially shut down since early 2020 by the pandemic, the State Railways of Thailand has taken the opportunity to revolutionise its ticketing systems, with a new style of train [Read more…]

There are six types of seats available on train services in Thailand. Not all seat types are available on all trains, and there are numerous different types of train carriages currently being used in Thailand [Read more…]

Train travel in Thailand is cheap compared to train travel in Europe or North America, nonetheless, for people on longer trips or simply a more limited budget there are ways to save the price of [Read more…]

Queen Victoria never went to Thailand Queen Victoria, monarch of Great Britain from 1837 to 1901 and Empress of India from 1876 to 1901, never went to Thailand nor was Thailand under British colonial rule. [Read more…]

The fastest way to travel by train from Bangkok to Koh Phangan is to leave the train at Chumphon (rather than Surat Thani) and to take a joint bus and ferry service to Koh Phangan [Read more…]

Direct bus services to Surat Thani depart from Ao Nam Mao Pier, which is the arrival point for boat services from Railay. Although Railay is not an island it is inaccessible by road and you [Read more…]

Trang has the closest major railway station to Koh Muk (also known as Koh Mook), making it an ideal place to board an overnight sleeper train for the journey to Bangkok. Bus & Ferry Times [Read more…]

There are three ways to get from Ao Nang to Surat Thani: By taxi. By bus from Krabi Bus Terminal. By minivan from your hotel all the way to the station. In terms of both [Read more…]