Phrae Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Most of the buses that depart from Bangkok’s Northern and Northeastern bus terminals (2nd class air-con/1st class/VIP 318/409/635B) leave in the evening.

From Chiang Mai’s Arcade bus terminal, buses leave at regular intervals (ordinary/2nd class air-con/1st class/VIP 105/147/189/290B, four hours) for Phrae. From Chiang Rai, bus services also take four hours to reach Phrae (ordinary/2nd class air-con/1st class/VIP 105/160/205/239B).

Buses leave from the bus station to Den Chai every hour from 3.30pm to 6.30pm (20B, 30 minutes). Minibuses travel to Den Chai hourly from 6am to 6pm (30B) and depart next to the vocational college. From Den Chai you can catch the northern train line.

There are hourly buses to Nan from the bus station (ordinary/2nd class air-con, 1st class/VIP 62/87/112/170B, two hours), with the last one leaving at 8.30pm.

Train

Tickets to Den Chai station from Bangkok cost 200B for 3rd class. In second class there is the option of a fan seat/fan sleeper lower bunk/fan sleeper upper bunk/air-con sleeper. They cost 317/467/431/767B. There are no 1st-class seats only sleepers, these cost 1191B.

Trains that arrive at a decent hour are the rapid 111 (2nd and 3rd class only, departs Bangkok at 7am and arrives in Den Chai at 5.10pm), the express 9 diesel (2rd class only, leaves at 8.30am and arrives at 3.53pm), and the express 51 (2nd and 3rd class, departs at 10pm and arrives at 7.14am). On the latter service you can get a 2nd-class sleeper. Tickets can be reserved by calling Den Chai station (0 5461 3260), where English is spoken.

Blue sǎwngthǎew and red buses leave the Den Chai station frequently for the 23km jaunt to Phrae (20-30B). You can catch them anywhere along the southern end of Th Yantarakitkoson.

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