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

You can go to the SRT's ticketing website that is available in EN language, enter in the origin and destination stations, and your intended date of travel, and it will spit out all the available trains, and their departure and arrival times, for the intended trip.

 

I don't believe the ticketing site shows each station en route on a particular trip.... but I have found those kinds of details elsewhere.

 

https://www.dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home

 

Choosing a particular train from the available departures then brings up ticketing options such as what class, air con or fan, and even seating maps that show the still available seats.

 

Example below, BKK to Hua Hin trip on the Southern Line:

 

 

 

 

 

deleted, post above was perfect.

Also, Richard Barrow's Thailand trains website has a stations list for the Southern line... But the individual arrival times are probably out of date as Barrow notes:

 

"TRAIN TIMETABLES:

LATEST NEWS: I have now removed the printed versions of the timetables released by the State Railway of Thailand as they haven’t been updated since 2023 and 2024."

 

The Southern Line stations list can be seen here, with the obvious change of substituting Krung Thep Apiwhat for Hua Lamphong:

 

https://ttsview.railway.co.th/SRT_Schedule2022.php?ln=en&line=4&trip=1

 

And a bit more info on Southern line stations here:

 

https://www.thaitrainguide.com/railway-lines/southern/

 

 

 

SRT site has all the info you need.  And every station is listed, with fares, timetables and almost real time tracking.  Have used in the past and probably better now.

Unfortunately https://www.railway.co.th is at best very slow, or unreachable from outside Thailand

Go to google maps and click on station

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.

 

 

Anyone travelled overnight on that fancy looking sleeper train?

13 hours ago, KhunLA said:

SRT site has all the info you need.  And every station is listed, with fares, timetables and almost real time tracking.  Have used in the past and probably better now.

Obviously people aren't using SRT sites ...  how much more info does one need:

 

https://ttsview.railway.co.th/v3/search/?qType=21&qParam=g6ya3gVhI1Axc23VRxxFLaXYUYY1g2fV7OTK&auth=d14815a889f45cef72e1931f749b6a50397aa7fd7109b3a0c0f572cbd3aefeec1754886724

 

If you're actually going to use the train, use the SRT sites.

If you've never used the trains or SRT sites, you probably shouldn't be replying at all.

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

how much more info does one need

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

Is this any use:

 

https://www.seat61.com/Malaysia.htm#bangkok-to-singapore-timetable

 

18 hours ago, treetops said:

Is this any use

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 🙄

 

On 8/10/2025 at 8:58 AM, Eratosthenes said:

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

Love your name.  being greek I am well aware of Eratosthenese 

On 8/12/2025 at 1:42 PM, Eratosthenes said:

I am sure SRT has actual PDFs, presumably thinks it is a state secret to release them. 

I am not so sure they have PDF's.
In Hua Hin station I asked for a copy of the the train timetable and they do not have any printed paper copies that you can get.
You have to take a picture of the timetable in a panel on one of the walls. 
I know that i can see and book trains on the website and have done so,

but surely its not difficult to have some pdf timetables on the website or printed paper copies at the station.  

Ahh well,  TIT.

On 8/10/2025 at 7:58 PM, Eratosthenes said:

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

 

 

When I lived in Thailand, I used to go to the railway station in nearby Lampang and collect a bundle of printed timetables for all the SRT lines from the enquiry/booking office.

On 8/12/2025 at 1:42 PM, Eratosthenes said:

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)

But you are not in UK or EU.

You need to bear in mind the Thai rail system was  neglected for many years and it is only in the last decade have they started to make improvements, there is a saying about Rome and days.

I found the best approach is to use the Seat61 guy to get a train number.

https://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm#Bangkok_to_Chiang_Mai

 

Then google the train number and a variety of sites will give you a timetable.

eg https://www.thailandbytrain.com/NorthEasternLine.html

 

You also need to remember all trains do not offer the same services or stopping points so the codes need to be checked. I would suggest using first class if you can get it, much easier when it comes to refreshments.

Us Brits are not that familiar with the concept of ID cards so a passport requirement is not that out of the norm.

The website Rome to Rio has an amazing amount of information about trains, buses, etc.  Not sure how up to date it is, but I have found it useful as a starting point

railtravelstation.com

On 8/11/2025 at 12:59 AM, llz said:

Unfortunately https://www.railway.co.th is at best very slow, or unreachable from outside Thailand

 

Try setting VPN to Thailand.  Seems to do the trick ...