Train Travel from Yala to Bangkok

By train the journey from Yala to Bangkok is scheduled to take from 18 to 22 hours depending upon which train you take. We recommend that you book a sleeper berth for this journey because all trains travel overnight.

Train Times to Bangkok

There are four direct train services a day from Yala to Bangkok.

• The fastest train service from Yala to Bangkok is Train #42 which is scheduled to complete the journey in 18 hours 00 minutes.
• The slowest service is Train #170 which is scheduled to arrive in Bangkok 21 hours 22 minutes after departing from Yala.

Tickets to Bangkok

Use the Search Box below to find your tickets from Yala to Bangkok:

Sleeper berths are available on all trains except Train #42. Train #42 is a three carriage seat only air-conditioned service which is very quick but not as comfortable for the long overnight journey as one of the slower sleeper services.

Ticket Prices to Bangkok

Train tickets purchased online from Yala to Bangkok are 250 THB more expensive than train tickets purchased at the train station.

Yala Station

• Yala Railway Station is located 800 metres walking distance from Yala Central Mosque.

Bangkok Train Station

• Bangkok Railway Station is located 4.1 km by road from Lumphini Park.

Wat Thepthidaram in Bangkok

Wat Thepthidaram is a Buddhist temple 2.6 km walking distance from Bangkok’s main railway station, Hua Lamphong. Wat Thepthidaram is one of the lesser visited temples which is surprising because it has some unique features and it is very close to more famous temples such as the Golden Mount, Wat Suthat Thepwararam and the magnificent Loha Prasat. The thing which this temple is best known for is having been home to Sunthorn Phu for 2 years when he lived there as an ordained monk in the mid 19th Century. Sunthorn Phu is widely considered to Thailand’s greatest writer whose epic poems are both works of art and important historical accounts of the period. The temple has a small museum dedicated to Sunthorn Phu.

The other two things notable things this temple has are a White Buddha statue, which was unique in the era that it was created, and its statues of female nuns listening to the Lord Buddha giving a sermon. The Buddhist church in Thailand is traditionally patriarchal and does not recognise women as monks in the same way as men. The statues of the nuns studying with the Lord Buddha is a powerful statement, especially during the 19th Century. The temple was under the patronage of the eldest daughter of King Rama III which most likely explains why this temple has a shrine openly expressing feminist ideology.

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