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The following ground transport options leave directly from the Suvarnabhumi terminal to
in-town destinations: metred taxis, hotel limousines, airport rail link, private vehicles and
some minivans.
Airport Rail Link The elevated train service linking central Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi
is comprised of a local service, which makes six stops before terminating at Phaya Thai
station (45B, 30 minutes, every 15 minutes from 6am to midnight), connected by a walk-
way to BTS at Phaya Thai station, and an express service that runs, without stops,
between Phaya Thai station and Makkasan (Bangkok City Air Terminal) station and the
airport (90B, 15 to 17 minutes, hourly from 6am to midnight).
The Airport Rail Link is on floor B1 of Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
Bus & Minivan The public-transport centre is 3km from Suvarnabhumi and includes a
public bus terminal, metred taxi stand and long-term parking. A free airport shuttle bus
running both an ordinary and express route connects the transport centre with the passen-
ger terminals. Lines that city-bound tourists are likely to use include bus 554, which stops
across from Don Muang International Airport (34B, 24 hours), and minivan lines 551 to
Victory Monument BTS station (40B, frequent from 5am to 10pm) and 552 to On Nut
BTS station (25B, frequent from 5am to 10pm). From these points, you can continue on
public transport or by taxi to your hotel. There are also buses and minivans to destinations
including Chanthaburi, Ko Chang and Trat.
Relatively frequent minivans to Don Muang International Airport wait on floor 1, out-
side door 8 (50B, 40 minutes, from 5.30am to 5pm).
From town, you can take the BTS to On Nut, then from near the market entrance op-
posite Tesco Lotus take minivan 552 (25B, frequent from 5am to 10pm), or BTS to Vict-
ory Monument, then the minivan to Suvarnabhumi.
Taxi As you exit the terminal, ignore the touts and all the signs pointing you to overpriced
'official airport taxis'; instead, descend to floor 1 to join the generally fast-moving queue
for a public taxi. Cabs booked through these desks should always use their meter, but they
often try their luck so insist by saying 'Meter, please'. Toll charges (paid by passengers)
vary between 25B and 60B. Note also that there's an additional 50B surcharge added to all
fares departing from the airport, payable directly to the driver.
Don Muang International Airport
Bus & Minivan From outside the arrivals hall, there are two airport bus lines from Don
Muang: A1 makes stops at BTS Mo Chit and the Northern & Northeastern Bus Terminal
(30B, hourly from 9am to midnight), and A2 makes stops at BTS Mo Chit and BTS Vict-
ory Monument (30B, hourly from 9am to midnight).