Nakhon Si Thammarat Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus & minivan

There are buses to/from Bangkok (from 325B, 13 hours, twice daily). One VIP departure leaves nightly (705B). Ordinary buses to Bangkok leave from the bus terminal, but a couple of private bus companies on Th Jamroenwithi sell air-con bus tickets to Bangkok and these buses leave from here. Look for Saphan Tour or Moung Tai Tours, which are both easy to find.

Other destinations from the bus terminal include Hat Yai (102B, three hours, daily), Phuket (125B to 200B, seven hours, daily), Krabi (67B to 94B, three hours, daily), Songkhla (70B to 98B, three hours, daily), Surat Thani (45B to 90B, one hour, daily) and Trang (72B, 1½ hours, daily).

There are frequent minivans to Krabi (120B, 2½ hours) and Phuket (200B, five hours) that leave from Th Jamroenwithi. Minivans to Surat Thani (95B, one hour) depart from Th Watkhit. Minivans to Hat Yai (90B, three hours) leave from Th Yommarat. Look for small desks set near the footpath (minivans and waiting passengers may or may not be present nearby).

Train

Most southbound trains from Bangkok stop at Thung Song, about 40km west of Nakhon, from where you must take a bus or taxi to the coast. However, two trains (2nd class 468B to 688B) go all the way to Nakhon Si Thammarat: the rapid 173, which leaves Bangkok’s Hualamphong train station at 5.35pm, arriving in Nakhon Si at 8.50am; and the express 85, which leaves Bangkok at 7.15pm and arrives in Nakhon at 10.50am. There are two daily trains (air-con 2nd-class sleepers 643B) to Bangkok, departing at 1pm and 2pm.

There are two trains each day to/from Hat Yai and one each to Yala and Sungai Kolok.

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Air

Thai Airways International (0 7534 2491; 1612 Th Ratchadamnoen) has flights between Nakhon Si and Bangkok (3520B, one hour, twice daily).

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