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Thailand Transportation - Domestic Travel
Domestic travel during public holidays and on
weekends, particularly to popular destinations, should be
booked well in advance for all modes of transportation. Booking
is particularly difficult during the Songkran Holiday and
New Year's Holiday.
Air
Most domestic air services are operated by Thai
Airways International (TG), the country's national airline.
Thai Airways' 2 most popular domestic routes are Chiang Mai
and Phuket. Other domestic carriers have flights to all major
cities include Phuket, Krabi, Samui, Chiang Mai.
The domestic terminal is located at the southern end of the
Bangkok International Airport. Normally, check-ins for domestic
flight is one hour prior to departure time and closes half
an hour before flight time. Departure tax has already been
added to your ticket fare.
Tickets can be purchased through travel agencies (cheaper
for international flights, same for domestic flights) or by
booking with the airlines themselves, either via phone, internet,
or e-ticketing kiosks (Thai Airways only).
Domestic Airlines
Air Asia
Bangkok Airways
Nok Air
Orient Thai Airlines
PB Air
Thai Airways International
Get more information about Domestic
Airlines.
Buses
Inter-city bus services offer a fast means of
transport to all corners of the country. Air-conditioned buses
service many provincial areas and bookings for both regular
and tour coaches (private companies) can be made through major
hotels and travel agents, or at the following bus terminals:
Northern Bus Terminal : Kampaengphet 2 Rd, Bangkok Tel: 0-2936-2852-66
ext. 614, 0-2936-3670
Eastern Bus Terminal : Sukhumvit Rd, Bangkok. Tel: 0-2391-6846,
0-2391-2504
Northeastern Bus Terminal : Kampaengphet 2 Rd, Bangkok Tel:
0-2936-2852-66 ext.605, 0-2936-0657
Southern Bus Terminal : Boromratchchonnani Rd, Bangkok Tel:
0-2435-1200, 0-2435-1199
Central Bus Terminal : Kampaengphet 2 Rd, Bangkok Tel: 0-2936-2841-8
ext.311, 0-2537-8055
The government bus company, called Bor Kor Sor (BKS), provides
the cheapest mode for getting around Thailand. Being frequent
and reliable, no advance booking is necessary. Both air-conditioned
ones and open-aired ones stop almost everywhere along their
route, with the latter being the cheapest and slowest.
Trains
The State Railway of Thailand runs an efficient
rail service linking Bangkok (Hua Lam Phong is the central
train station) to the rest of the country at very reasonable
prices for express, fast and ordinary trains. Limited western
and southern routes out of Bangkok also operate from the Thon
Buri Station, traveling to destinations as far as Kanchanaburi
province in the west and Chumporn province in southern Thailand.
On express trains, sleepers are available in three classes:
first and second class (air-conditioned), and second class
(non air-conditioned, but with fans).
Advance tickets are available at all principal stations or
the Bangkok Railway Advance Booking Office at Tel : 0-2220-4444
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