Trains from Bang Saphan Yai to Nakhon Si Thammarat

By train the journey from Bang Saphan Yai to Nakhon Si Thammarat is scheduled to take just over 8 hours. All services depart very early in the morning.

Train Times from Bang Saphan Yai to Nakhon Si Thammarat


There is currently 1 direct train service a day from Bang Saphan Yai to Nakhon Si Thammarat.

TrainBang Saphan YaiNakhon Si ThammaratService
8504:0412:05Express
  • The fastest service from Bang Saphan Yai to Nakhon Si Thammarat is the 04:04 departure on Train #85, which is scheduled to complete the journey in 8 hours 01 minute.

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Ticket Prices to Nakhon Si Thammarat


Tickets from Bang Saphan Yai to Nakhon Si Thammarat purchased in advance online are 30 THB to 139 THB more expensive than train tickets purchased at a train station in Thailand.

Seat TypeOnline PriceStation Price
1st Class A/C Sleeper1,299 THB1,160 THB
2nd Class Fan Seats364 THB325 THB
3rd Class Fan Seats256 THB226 THB

The advantages of paying more to book online is that you avoid needing to queue for a ticket, avoid any language barriers, and guarantee the availability of tickets. 1st and 2nd Class sleeper seats often sell out the day before travel.

Location of Bang Saphan Yai Railway Station


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Nakhon Si Thammarat Railway Station


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About Travel to to Nakhon Si Thammarat


With a population of over 100,000 permanent residents, Nakhon Si Thammarat is the 3rd largest city in Southern. The two larger Southern Thai cities of Hat Yai and Surat Thani have for the greater part only developed over the last century, whereas the history of Nakhon Si Thammarat goes back at least as far as the 13th Century.

Nakhon Si Thammarat is an Old City

Of the three largest cities in Southern Thailand, Nakhon Si Thammarat is the most interesting to visit but receives the fewest foreign visitors. This is mostly because Surat Thani is a hub for travel to and from the islands of Koh Phangan and Koh Samui and Hat Yai is a hub for travel to and from destinations such as Koh Lipe and for overland travel to Malaysia. If you do travel to Nakhon Si Thammarat the city has several interesting historical and religious sites to visit and opportunity for an ‘off the beaten track’ type experience of urban Thailand that some travellers will find richly rewarding.

Wat Phra Mahathat in Nakhon Si Thammarat
Wat Phra Mahathat in Nakhon Si Thammarat
Wat Phra Mahathat

The main tourist attraction in Nakhon Si Thammarat in Wat Phra Mahathat, which is a Buddhist temple established in the 3rd Century by some of the oldest proponents of Buddhism in Thailand, Prince Thanakuman and Queen Hem Chala. Wat Phra Mahathat became very significant in the 13th Century when it became the first major temple in Thailand to promote Theravada Buddhism, which went on to displace Mahayana Buddhism as the predominantly practiced form of Buddhism in Thailand. Wat Phra Mahathat is a visually stunning temple notably for its 78 metre tall Sri Lankan style chedi surrounded by 173 smaller chedi. Wat Phra Mahathat is located 3.8 km by road to the south of Nakhon Si Thammarat Railway Station and the easiest way to get there is to take one of the many motorbike taxis that wait out the front of the train station.

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