You can travel by train from Penang to Hat Yai via Padang Besar, but an easier option is to take a direct minivan service from George Town in Penang to Hat Yai.
Bus Times from Penang to Hat Yai Railway Station
There are currently 12 services a day from Penang to Hat Yai which take passengers to a bus stop near Hat Yai Railway Station.
| Penang | Hat Yai | Ticket | Company |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | ฿650 | KST Travel |
| 05:00 | 08:30 | ฿560 | BEH Travel |
| 05:00 | 08:30 | ฿660 | Nominatee Tour |
| 08:00 | 11:30 | ฿660 | Nominatee Tour |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | ฿650 | KST Travel |
| 08:00 | 11:30 | ฿567 | BEH Travel |
| 08:15 | 11:15 | ฿718 | New Asian Travel |
| 12:00 | 15:30 | ฿660 | Nominatee Tour |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | ฿650 | KST Travel |
| 12:15 | 15:15 | ฿718 | New Asian Travel |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | ฿650 | KST Travel |
| 15:00 | 18:00 | ฿749 | New Asian Travel |
- Departure times are in Malaysian time, and arrival times are in Thailand time, which is 1 hour behind Malaysian time.
- By minivan the journey from Penang to Hat Yai takes from 4 to 5 hours depending upon which service you take.
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Penang Bus Stop
KST Travel services from Penang to Hat Yai depart from outside 7 Eleven, 320, Chulia St, Georgetown, 10450 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Hat Yai Bus Stop
KST Travel services from Penang to Hat Yai terminate at the KST Travel Office, 234 Thanon Niphatuthit 3, Tambon Hat Yai, Hat Yai District, Songkhla 90110, which is 1 km walking distance to the south 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.
Crossing the Border
The journey takes about 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.
Travel in Hat Yai
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 50 and 70 THB and the journey takes around 5 minutes.
Steam engine at Hat Yai Railway StationSouthern Railway Line
Hat 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
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| Train | Hat Yai | Surat Thani | Sleeper |
| 172 | 16:05 | 20:52 | Yes |
| 32 | 17:45 | 22:21 | Yes |
| 38/46 | 18:05 | 22:47 | Yes |
| 170 | 18:20 | 23:25 | Yes |