By joint bus and ferry services the journey from Chumphon Train Station to Koh Tao is scheduled to take from 2 hours 45 minutes to 3 hours depending upon which service you take.
Bus & Ferry Times from Chumphon Railway Station to Koh Tao
There are currently 4 services a day from Chumphon Train Station to Koh Tao available to book online.
| Train Station | Koh Tao | Ticket | Company |
| 06:00 | 08:45 | ฿900 | Lomprayah |
| 06:00 | 08:45 | ฿904 | Boonsiri High Speed Ferries |
| 11:30 | 14:15 | ฿904 | Boonsiri High Speed Ferries |
| 12:00 | 15:00 | ฿900 | Lomprayah |
These services all depart from the car park in front of the train station to connect with the ferry to Koh Tao.
Buy Tickets from Chumphon Railway Station to Koh Tao
Use the Search Box below to buy your tickets from Chumphon Train Station to Koh Tao.
The first part of the journey with the Lomprayah High Speed Ferry Company is a 35 minute journey by bus from Chumphon to Thung Makham Ferry Pier. The ferry service to Koh Tao does not depart until 07:00 which means passengers spend around 25 minutes at Tung Makham Ferry Pier before boarding the ferry to Koh Tao. Thung Makham Ferry Pier has a scenic beach side location and waiting at the ferry port is preferable to waiting at Chumphon Train Station.
Thung Makham Ferry Pier
Thung Makham Ferry Pier is located on the small, but beautiful, Thung Makham Noi beach. This is one of Thailand’s most pretty ferry ports with a quaint wooden pier from which the ferries arrive and depart.
Thung Makham Ferry PierThe Lomprayah ferry port at Thung Makham has very good facilities including:
- Inexpensive restaurant
- Convenience store
- Toilets
- Deck chairs arranged on the sea front
Thung Makham Ferry Pier is somewhere you can happily spend an hour or two waiting for onward transport.
Trains from Bangkok to Chumphon
There are 10 train services a day from Bangkok to Chumphon.
| Train | Bangkok | Chumphon | Service |
| 43 | 07:30 | 13:50 | Special Express |
| 171 | 15:10 | 22:17 | Rapid |
| 37/45 | 16:10 | 23:16 | Special Express |
| 31 | 16:50 | 23:55 | Special Express |
| 169 | 17:30 | 01:25 | Rapid |
| 83 | 18:50 | 02:18 | Express |
| 85 | 19:50 | 03:43 | Express |
| 173 | 20:10 | 04:02 | Rapid |
| 167 | 20:30 | 04:20 | Rapid |
| 39/41 | 22:50 | 05:22 | Special Express |
We recommend that passengers book their train tickets before they book their transfers from Chumphon Railway Station to Koh Tao as train tickets tend to sell out before the bus and ferry tickets do.
Train Tickets from Bangkok to Chumphon
We recommend that you a book a sleeper berth in advance if you take one of the trains from Bangkok to Chumphon that travels overnight.
Delays on the Railway Line
Currently trains on the Southern Line in Thailand are frequently delayed by up to an hour on the route from Bangkok to Chumphon because much of the railway line is single track. This means that trains are often delayed if they have to wait for trains coming in the opposite direction to pass.
Platform sign at Chumphon Train Station- Travel Tip: If you take Train #39/41, which is scheduled to arrive in Chumphon at 05:22, you risk missing the connection at 06:00 to Koh Tao.
Route Info from Chumphon Railway Station to Ferry Pier
- Distance to Thung Makham ferry pier: 27.5 kilometres
- Time taken to complete Sea Crossing to Koh Tao: 1 hour 45 minutes
Travel from Koh Tao Pier
The ferry arrives at Koh Tao’s Mae Haad Pier which is located on Mae Haad Beach near Sairee Beach. This is the most built part of Koh Tao and close to many of the Island’s most popular hotels and resorts, as well as bars and restaurants. From Mae Haad Pier it is easy to travel to other destinations on Koh Tao either by shared songthaew taxi or by taxi boat.
Location of Mae Haad Pier
