You can travel from Penang to Hat Yai by train via Padang Besar, but an easier option is to take a direct minivan service from Penang to Hat Yai.
Bus Times from Penang to Hat Yai Railway Station
There are currently 2 services a day from Penang to a bus stop near Hat Yai Railway Station.
| Penang | Hat Yai | Cost | Company |
| 05:00 | 08:00 | 455 THB | Persada Taiping |
| 08:00 | 11:00 | 455 THB | Persada Taiping |
- Departure times are in Malaysia time, and arrival times are in Thailand time, which is 1 hour behind Malaysia time.
- By minivan the journey from Penang to Hat Yai takes 4 hours.
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Penang Bus Stop
Persada Taiping Travel services from Penang to Hat Yai depart from the bus station under the Komtar Tower in George Town, Penang Island.
Hat Yai Bus Stop
Persada Taiping Travel services from Penang to Hat Yai terminate at 29 Prachathipat Road, Tambon Hat Yai, Hat Yai District, Songkhla 90110, which is 550 metres walking distance to the east of Hat Yai Junction Railway Station.
About Travel to Hat Yai Railway Station
By road the distance from George Town on Penang Island to Hat Yai Bus Station is 212 km along relatively well maintained roads. The journey takes 4 hours because of the time it takes for a minivan full of passengers to depart from Malaysia and enter into Thailand via Sadao Immigration Checkpoint, which is one of the busiest of the many border crossings between Malaysia and Thailand. Hat Yai Bus Station is located 3 km by road from Hat Yai Junction Railway Station. The easiest way to travel from Hat Yai Bus Station to Hat Yai Railway Station is leave the bus station via the main entrance and to negotiate a price for either a motorbike taxi or for one of the small blue taxi vans which also wait outside the station. The price to travel from Hat Yai Bus Station to Hat Yai Railway Station should be between 40 and 60 THB (2022 prices) and the journey takes around 5 minutes.
Steam engine at Hat Yai Railway StationHat Yai Railway Station is on Thailand’s Southern Railway Line which runs from Sungai Kolok, on the border with Thailand, all the way up to Bangkok. To reach the popular holidays island of Koh Samui and Koh Phangan you need take a train as far as Surat Thani and then take a joint bus and ferry service to your final destination. For Koh Tao we recommend that you stay on the train until Chumphon and from there take a joint bus and ferry service from Chumphon to Koh Tao.
- Train times from Hat Yai to Surat Thani:
| Train | Hat Yai | Surat Thani | Sleeper |
| 170 | 14:31 | 19:31 | Yes |
| 172 | 15:50 | 21:06 | Yes |
| 32 | 17:45 | 22:24 | Yes |
| 38/46 | 18:15 | 23:04 | Yes |
- Buy train tickets from Hat Yai to Surat Thani for travel to Koh Samui and Koh Phangan.