Traveling to Bangkok

[Susco]

Tomorrow I have to be in Bangkok at midday.

 

I prefer not to use the big blue bus, neither the minibus kamikazes, but want to get there at an economical price.

 

Have to be in Sukhumvit Soi 3, but anywhere on Sukhumvit will do, as I can take the sky train for the last mile.

 

Need to return as well later in the afternoon.

 

What are my options avoiding the transportations mentioned above?

[petermik]

Taxi....

[Susco]

1 minute ago, petermik said:

Taxi....

 

Did you notice I mentioned at an economical price?

 

I don't think a taxi which will most likely charge 1500 Baht one way, if has to be in the city, can be considered economical

[lopburi3]

Actually 1,500 baht for personal ac travel when and where you want is not a bad price in my book.  I was paying that price for about the same distance (Bangkok-Takhli) almost 50 years ago (at night on two lane roads without ac).  

[petermik]

7 hours ago, Susco said:

 

Did you notice I mentioned at an economical price?

 

I don't think a taxi which will most likely charge 1500 Baht one way, if has to be in the city, can be considered economical

Try walking then....

[Olmate]

2 minutes ago, petermik said:

Try walking then....

Rent a footfalcon!

[trucking]

Avoiding large bus , mini bus , expensive taxi and walking  you have narrowed down your options to almost nothing except the train or renting a motorcycle for the day.

[tomazbodner]

I guess there's SRT train from Pattaya to Bangkok... where you could then switch to BTS at Phyathai station. No idea at what times trains are running though.

[Olmate]

1 minute ago, trucking said:

Avoiding large bus , mini bus , expensive taxi and walking  you have narrowed down your options to almost nothing except the train or renting a motorcycle for the day.

There is two locations just up from Big C Extra using small coaches, 180 baht to different stops in Bkk.

[Kerryd]

It seems the train is your only other option, but you won't like the timetable. Neither train gets you in until after 6 pm.

Pattaya -  Bangkok

	Train Number	Type	Pattaya Departure	Bangkok Arrive	Timetable	Fares	Train Tracking
1	284	Ordinary	14:21	18:15	Train No. 284	check	284
2	998	Rapid	16:26	18:55	Train No. 998	check	998

Bangkok - Pattaya

	Train Number	Type	Bangkok Departure	Pattaya Arrive	Timetable	Fares	Train Tracking
1	283	Ordinary	6:55	10:34	Train No. 283	check	283
2	997	Rapid	06:45	09:13	Train No. 997	check	997

 

 

Train No.	284	Km.	Fares (No Fee) : Baht
Type of train	Ordinary		First Class	Second Class	Third Class
Origin - Destination	Pattaya - Bangkok	155	140	72	31

 

 

 

Take a taxi and negotiate a cheaper deal. Offer 1,200 instead of 1,500 (it used to be 1,200 from the airport years ago and went up to 1,500 when fuel prices rose but didn't drop when the cost of fuel went down.)

Maybe offer 1,000 each way and you pay the tolls. I just had a lady driver take me to the Embassy and back a few days ago. I paid 3,000 round trip, she paid the gas and highway tolls.

[champers]

I would get a coach from Pattaya Nua to Ekkami. Regular busses there and back and change from 300 Baht. Ekkami is next to Skytrain station too.

Otherwise I am completely stumped.

 

[Susco]

5 hours ago, petermik said:

Try walking then....

I always could use one of my two cars, as that would cost me less than 1500 Baht one way, but I don't like the traffic in Bangkok city, and additionally if I don't have to drive myself I can relax or maybe close an eye.

 

Thanks anyway for the sarcasm.

 

4 hours ago, Olmate said:

There is two locations just up from Big C Extra using small coaches, 180 baht to different stops in Bkk.

 

Thanks that is what I had in mind, and which went to check out already this afternoon. They go to Morchit, but I can exit at Bangna or Din Daeng, and from there take a taxi meter.

 

I'm also confident that these coaches are more comfortable than the 30-year-old blue buses, and will not drive kamikaze style like the 9 seater mini buses.

 

Strange that all the other know it alls on this forum, had to go off-topic, because, according to them, there is nothing between Big coach and minibus, and 3000 Baht retour is all peanuts for them, until they start threads where to buy the cheapest beer.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. By the way they charge 150 instead of 180 Baht

 

4 hours ago, trucking said:

Avoiding large bus , mini bus , expensive taxi and walking  you have narrowed down your options to almost nothing except the train or renting a motorcycle for the day.

 

Thanks for sharing your superior knowledge, but if you read a few lines higher up in this post, it is quite obvious that you were WRONG

Edited September 14, 2020 by Susco

[metisdead]

As the OP has found some answers from the some of the legit posts in this topic, this topic is now closed as requested.