Hat Yai Railway Station to Koh Lipe

The easiest and cheapest way to travel from Hat Yai Railway Station to Koh Lipe is to take a joint bus and speedboat service. If you book in advance you can board a service which departs from in front of the railway station in Hat Yai.

Bus & speedboat times from Hat Yai Railway Station to Koh Lipe

There are currently 16 joint bus and speedboat services a day from Hat Yai Railway Station to Koh Lipe available to book online.

• The first part of the journey is a 1 hour 55 min journey by bus from Hat Yai Railway Station to Pakbara Pier. From Pakbara Pier the next stage of the journey is a sea crossing by speedboat to Koh Lipe.
• The journey by speedboat then takes between 1 hour 30 minutes and 2 hours depending on which service you take.

Buy Tickets from Hat Yai Railway Station to Koh Lipe

Use the Search Box to buy your tickets from Hat Yai Railway Station to Koh Lipe.

Tickets for other ferry, bus, and train journeys across South East Asia are also available to book through the Search Box above.

Trains from Bangkok to Hat Yai

There are 4 trains a day from Bangkok to Hat Yai.

• All trains from Bangkok to Hat Yai arrive early enough to travel to Koh Lipe on the same day.

Train Tickets from Bangkok to Hat Yai

1st and 2nd Class Sleeper berths from Bangkok to Hat Yai often sell out before the day of travel so it’s important to book your tickets in advance.

• Buy train tickets from Bangkok to Hat Yai.

Special Express Train #31 departing from Bangkok at 16:50 is probably the best train to catch if you are planning to go direct to Koh Lipe.

• Two reasons to book Train #31:
  • Arrival Time: Train #31 is scheduled to arrive at 07:05 which means you are in good time to catch the 08:00 or 09:00 departures from Hat Yai Train Station to Koh Lipe. Trains services on Thailand’s Southern Line are often delayed because long sections of this railway line are single track and trains often need to wait long periods for trains travelling in the other direction to pass.
  • Train Facilities: Train #31 uses the brand new train carriages introduced by the State Railways of Thailand in November 2016. The only seat types on this train are 1st and 2nd Class A/C Sleeper berths and they are the best quality sleeper berths available on any Thai train for the same price as the sleepers berths available on other older trains.

Route from Hat Yai to Pakbara Pier

• Distance from Hat Yai Train Station to Pakbara ferry pier: 125 kilometres
• Time taken to complete Sea Crossing to Koh Lipe: 1 hour 30 min to 2 hours 00 min

Park Fees for Koh Lipe

Speed boat services from Pakbara Pier arrive onto the beach itself. Larger boats dock into a floating jetty about 100 metres offshore from Koh Lipe Island. Koh Lipe is in the Tarutao National Park and a fee to enter the park needs to be paid on arrival in Koh Lipe:

• National Park Entrance Fees
  • Foreign Adult: 200 THB (7 days)
  • Foreign Child: 100 THB (7 days)

The National Park Fee allows entrance for the park for 7 days. Make sure you keep the entrance ticket or you risk being charged 200 THB again if you visit other islands and then return to Koh Lipe.

Koh Lipe is a small island and most journeys can be completed easily by walking. However, if you do need transport take either:

• A long-tail taxi boat for which the charge will be around 100 to 200 THB person depending upon the destination.

• A motorcycle taxi which will charge around 100 THB per person depending upon where you want to go, how difficult the drive is, and how good your negotiating skills are.

Location of Koh Lipe Pier

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