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Thanks, interesting, the compiler of Seat61 obviously gets it's times from somewhere. What Thai Train Guide gave was PDFs of all the lines. I've already done Bk to Nakhon Si Thammarat, Bk to Nam Tok, Bk to Chiang Mai, and both ways (Lam Narai, Korat) of Bk to Nong Khai. Trying to plan a Bua Yai (nearest station) to Ubon Ratchathani, bus up the Mekong and to Chiang Mai, and back by train to Bua Yai. I am used to Britain / Europe where you get timetables issued in advance (the timetable is essentially a statement of intention to run the specified service between the stated dates) e.g. so you can make plans in advance, not just on the day of travel. I find SRT a bit weird, you cannot get returns, you must travel on a specific service, you have to show a passport for most long distance trains. In this respect it is more like the US Amtrak than Europe. I am sure SRT has actual PDFs, presumably thinks it is a state secret to release them. Then again, getting bus times isn't simple in Thailand either 🙄

a timetable suitable for printing is what i asked for, not a goat, a hotel, or a train tracking site 🤣

hmm, I don't find the SRT site at all useful for planning (which is where the PDFs of Thai Train Guide became useful). I agree it is good (but clunky) for live times, and individual train times. Amongst other things, the schedule is impossible to print ... you get a static column on the left showing stations, the bit on the right showing train times scrolls. Landscape view shows more of it, but the printing is in portrait. I find it hard to believe SRT does not have PDF timetables.

Hi, does anyone know where to get a train timetable for Thailand? By timetable I mean a printed or PDF download schedule of trains and their station stops. This site (Thai Train Guide) was useful, but timetables were last updated in 2023, only lists more important stations, and the owner has given up linking downloadable timetables. Since 2023 the Southern line Bangkok to Malaysia) has been partially doubled (Sala Ya to Chumphon) so the timings were wrong. The national operator, SRT, has live running information, and schedules from stations, but no PDF download, so.planning journeys is near impossible

looks like the online banking routehas gone the way of the dodo ...

OpenStreetMap gives geo:16.21768,102.11689?z=16 as coordinates of an upland village called Ban Tadrinthong. From the 201 road you turn west at Ban Nong Khan to Ban That Thong, then go north west to a road which climbs very steeply onto the plateau. From Ban Tadrinthong you can have fun exploring. Has an IK restaurant, shop, fuel. No further fuel or food north of here on the plateau. I found tracks with the ViaMichelin map (satellite overlay, because there are many tracks not mapped). I do not use gogol maps, find them utterly useless. OpenStreetMap is ok, not as good as ViaMichelin. Sorry, I do not know what "K S Resort" is.

Thai wife & I have been exploring the upland plateau, north west of chaiyaphum, near our home, using the often badly rutted dirt roads by motorbike. First is of the "1000 year old forest", most of which is currently closed. The trees (cycas) are unique to this area Second is of the north end of the plateau looking out towards chumphae. Very rough roads to reach this point. most of the original forest is cleared, now grows rubber or eucalyptus trees, or guava in clearings, though the steep mountain sides are unlogged Thai legend about this tree is in your next life, if you have an affair in this life, you have to endlessly slide down it straddled naked 😳 Last is from the north west point, a panorama view looking in an arc from NE through N to NW on the left and the interestingly jagged Phetchabun mountains. Very few people go to this area, and I have not seen any foreigners. It is blessedly cool on top, always pleasant, maybe 22⁰C compared to 30⁰C below

can a customer use this instead of the mobile banking app? i did not know such a thing existed

hmm, thanks folks. I tried outside but it got too hot plus whining little flies, then tried inside again. 'only' took 21 logins, 210 face scans today before it worked. sigh, another 2 days of this malarkey 😬 i am 68, a bank employee said it had problems with ageing faces. Doesn't help not sleeping well, Thai wife snoring like a 🦬 so it thinks i have face coverings 😷

Does anyone else have problems using the Bangkok Bank mobile app face scan feature, for large value transactions? I must have tried it 60 times this evening before it recognised me, which gets tedious, typing all the information again. Is it trained on all faces, only Asian ones, different nationalities and ages? It doesn't seem fit for purpose ...

he used to work for the civil service, so "speaks the bureaucratese" 😄 i did give all the relevant information, NI No, sent copies of the form. It isn't as if there was a problem with it. I was concerned, given the delay. DWP claimed they had sent the form in January (never received), then stopped pension at the start of May and sent the form which took 6 weeks to arrive, and said if no response by the end of August it would be cancelled entirely. I had had to get a lawyer to sign the "proof of life", no other possible witness 😬

mine was 6 weeks, no action, so i got a UK relative to call the international pension centre (freephone in UK). the employee told the relative it was approved but not yet actioned, and did it while relative was on the phone. I think 8 weeks would be an acerage delay

Interesting idea, will do, thank you. I use Wise to transfer, though I have not yet told them I emigrated. I have a debit card, suspect it is only available to residents in Europe.

I had the 3 profs of address translated, but the offshore banks were not interested. My UK bank (Starling) saw the money from the house sale, asked me why I had a large amount of money, I explained, they told me I could keep the account for now, but I think that is temporary. The terms of most UK accounts are that you have to be resident in the UK. 🤣🤑 well, it cannot be in a British account because I am not resident in Britain. In an ideal world, I could move it to Thailand, but I understand foreign currency accounts attract little interest, and moving money from Thailand to Britain is apparently complicated. It could be Europe, but the same problem exists, opening an account without Western bank proods of address good idea, but it is £270,000, too much for that, not enough to be really attractive to banks

Hi, I have recently emigrated from Britain to Thailand, exist here on a marriage visa. I have a pink ID card, yellow book house registration document, and a letter from immigration to the district office showing my photo and address. I am retired, sold my house in Britain, have the money in a bank in Britain, but I have to move it soon. The terms of the marriage visa (may not be renewed, ends on divorce or death of wife) means I need to keep the money out of Thailand in case I need to return to Britain. I am having zero success opening an offshore bank account (Lloyds, Standard, and Skipton all need council tax, bank statement or utility bill as prooof of address). None accept my 3 proofs, Bangkok Bank does not show address on bank statements, the house (rural Chaiyaphum) I paid for is in the wife's name, water bill is just a little written slip, electricity (we have solar, so only standing charge) is shown in her name at the cow farm 600m away where the meter is, and there is no local tax. Can anyone explain how they managed to do this recently? Or offer other ideas of an interest paying account? Thank you.