Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
BUSES TO/FROM TRANG
Buses leave from the Trang
bus terminal
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(Th Huay Yot). Air-con buses from Trang to
Bangkok cost 600B to 680B (12 hours, morning and afternoon). More comfortable are the VIP 24-seater buses at 5pm
and 5.30pm (1050B). From Bangkok, VIP/air-con buses leave between 6.30pm and 7pm.
Other services include the following:
DESTINATION
FARE (B)
DURATION (HR)
FREQUENCY
Hat Yai
110
3
every 2-3hr
Krabi
90-115
2
every 2-3hr
Phang-Nga
200
3½
hourly
Phuket
240
5
hourly
Satun
110
3
every 2-3hr
Getting There & Away
AIR
Nok Air
(
www.nokair.com
)
operates daily flights from Bangkok (Don Muang) to Trang, but
note that flights may be cancelled if there is heavy rain. The airport is 4km south of
Trang; minivans meet flights and charge 80B to town. In the reverse direction a taxi or
túk-túk will cost 100B to 120B.
MINIVAN & SHARE TAXI
Hourly vans heading to Surat Thani (180B, 2½ hours), with connections to Ko Samui and
Ko Pha-Ngan, leave from a depot just before Th Tha Klang crosses the railway tracks.
Several daily air-con minivans between Trang and Ko Lanta (250B, 2½ hours) leave
from the travel agents across from the train station. There are share taxis to Krabi (150B,
two hours) and air-con minivans to Hat Yai (150B, two hours) from offices just west of
the Trang bus terminal.
Local transport is mainly by air-con minivan rather than
sŏrng·tăa·ou
. Minivans leave
regularly from the depot on Th Tha Klang for Pak Meng (100B, 45 minutes), Hat Chao
Mai (150B, one hour) and Kuantungku pier (150B, one hour).
TRAIN
Only two trains go all the way from Bangkok to Trang: the express 83 and the rapid 167,
which both leave from Bangkok's Hualamphong station in the afternoon and arrive in
