Anyone tell me roughly how much a taxi cost from Mochit Skytrain station to the bus terminal. I would use a motorbike taxi but I have a large suitcase. I do not like using a taxi meter as looking like a tourist, I would have a good chance of a taxi driver taking a longer than necessary route.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+a+taxi+cost+from+Mochit+Skytrain+station+to+the+bus+terminal.&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

 

AI Overview

 

A taxi from Mo Chit BTS Station to Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminal will cost approximately ฿75–95. The ride is about 4.9 km and takes around 5 minutes, depending on traffic. 

 

Here's a summary of the journey: 

 

• Route: From Mo Chit BTS Station to Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminal.
• Distance: Approximately 4.9 km.
• Estimated Cost: ฿75–95.
• Estimated Time: Around 5 minutes.

10 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+a+taxi+cost+from+Mochit+Skytrain+station+to+the+bus+terminal.&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

 

AI Overview

 

A taxi from Mo Chit BTS Station to Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminal will cost approximately ฿75–95. The ride is about 4.9 km and takes around 5 minutes, depending on traffic. 

 

Here's a summary of the journey: 

 

• Route: From Mo Chit BTS Station to Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminal.
• Distance: Approximately 4.9 km.
• Estimated Cost: ฿75–95.
• Estimated Time: Around 5 minutes.

Here from NI (natural intelligence):

75-95 is a rip-off. Meter not much more than 50.

5 min is about right, if you take a helicopter. A car takes easily 15 or 20 minutes,  depending on traffic. 

 

I take a taxi to the bus station from the BTS as it's always between 50-60 bhat, even in rush hour. 

On 8/26/2025 at 10:53 PM, Lorry said:

Here from NI (natural intelligence):

75-95 is a rip-off. Meter not much more than 50.

5 min is about right, if you take a helicopter. A car takes easily 15 or 20 minutes,  depending on traffic. 

 

I think you have it right here. If I knew a taxi driver would go the normal route from A to B, in a short journey like this I would prefer the meter, but in twenty years of living in Thailand the vast majority of taxi drivers I have used have been dodgy.

But looking like a tourist in Bangkok carrying a suitcase?? You know the score.

On 8/25/2025 at 10:40 PM, NoshowJones said:

Anyone tell me roughly how much a taxi cost from Mochit Skytrain station to the bus terminal. I would use a motorbike taxi but I have a large suitcase. I do not like using a taxi meter as looking like a tourist, I would have a good chance of a taxi driver taking a longer than necessary route.

We are all tourists here in Thailand, unless you're a resident.

Living here for 25 years, I have also confronted many a crooked and annoying taxi driver, however, I don't think I have ever had a driver who deliberately took a longer route to jack up the meter.  I really don't think that particular scam is common here.  

25 minutes ago, ricklev said:

Living here for 25 years, I have also confronted many a crooked and annoying taxi driver, however, I don't think I have ever had a driver who deliberately took a longer route to jack up the meter.  I really don't think that particular scam is common here.  

I have encountered this once. It is exceedingly rare.

As for the "dodgy" taxi drivers, somehow I have rarely met them.

Ok, I don't take taxis in Pattaya, and rarely at lower Sukhumvit or Khaosarn.

And, off course, only meter.

What I have learned over the years,  if I am of a different opinion than the driver,  I am more often wrong than he (60/40). So now, if I say anything at all, I am very polite and do not insist that he is wrong.

3 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I think you have it right here. If I knew a taxi driver would go the normal route from A to B, in a short journey like this I would prefer the meter, but in twenty years of living in Thailand the vast majority of taxi drivers I have used have been dodgy.

But looking like a tourist in Bangkok carrying a suitcase?? You know the score.

After 20 years of living here, you should be able to speak some Thai. Then you wouldn't be mistaken for a tourist. Can also use Grab. 

I took a taxi from Bangkok to korat.Paid only 2000 baht.When i returned after a week i call my regular taxidriver.He came picked me up in korat and took me back to Bangkok.Paid only 2000 baht again.I gave him 1000 baht extra because he deserved that.He get wery happy.

Why not check the price on Bolt or Grab first, and you can use that price to facilitate your negotiation with a regular taxi driver.

16 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

After 20 years of living here, you should be able to speak some Thai. Then you wouldn't be mistaken for a tourist. Can also use Grab. 

I started to learn Thai when I first came here, But these tones put me off. If Thai had been a normal language like French or Spanish I would have been fluent long ago.

42 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

I started to learn Thai when I first came here, But these tones put me off. If Thai had been a normal language like French or Spanish I would have been fluent long ago.

The tones are the fun part. 

Why just learn things that are almost the same as what you know already.

Learn something new!

"We are not looking for new contacts. We are looking for a mirror." 

On 8/28/2025 at 1:02 PM, NoshowJones said:

If Thai had been a normal language like French or Spanish

French and Spanish are NOT normal languages:

 

- half of all languages are tonal

 

- French and Spanish are indogermanic languages. These are well known for their terribly complicated,  messy grammar (declension of nouns, conjugation of verbs) which doesn't have any rules without many exceptions.  A rules-based grammar is, for example, Turkish. Thai just doesn't need all these redundancies.

 

Just because French and Spanish are almost the same as your native tongue doesn't make them more normal than an Australian or American is a more normal human than a Thai or Chinese. 

 

@NoshowJones alight one stop before Morchit BTS at Saphan Khwai BTS.  It’s more direct from here because of the road layout and traffic flows better from here to Mor Chit bus station. 

 

ought to be zero chance of being taken advantage off, if you can speak basic Thai as you hail a passing taxi.  

On 8/28/2025 at 1:02 PM, NoshowJones said:

a normal language like French or Spanish

Why are these any more normal than Thai ??? !!! 
Only Romance languages are “normal”, so you are not judging this by the number of speakers!  Guess which language wins that competition … unlikely to even be an Indo-European language, o4 not? 

On 8/26/2025 at 12:40 PM, NoshowJones said:

Anyone tell me roughly how much a taxi cost from Mochit Skytrain station to the bus terminal. I would use a motorbike taxi but I have a large suitcase. I do not like using a taxi meter as looking like a tourist, I would have a good chance of a taxi driver taking a longer than necessary route.

Don't be so miserable.

On 8/26/2025 at 10:53 PM, Lorry said:

Here from NI (natural intelligence):

75-95 is a rip-off. Meter not much more than 50.

5 min is about right, if you take a helicopter. A car takes easily 15 or 20 minutes,  depending on traffic. 

 

5 min is about right, if you take a helicopter. A car takes easily 15 or 20 minutes,........Or even up to 30 Minutes on a Really BAD Traffic day....555 !!

On 8/28/2025 at 1:02 PM, NoshowJones said:

I started to learn Thai when I first came here, But these tones put me off. If Thai had been a normal language like French or Spanish I would have been fluent long ago.

Me Too M8 !

On 8/28/2025 at 12:54 PM, norsurin said:

I took a taxi from Bangkok to korat.Paid only 2000 baht.When i returned after a week i call my regular taxidriver.He came picked me up in korat and took me back to Bangkok.Paid only 2000 baht again.I gave him 1000 baht extra because he deserved that.He get wery happy.

So WHY Didn't you give the 1st driver a 1,000 Baht TIP as well ?? Tight Arse !!

On 8/26/2025 at 12:40 PM, NoshowJones said:

Anyone tell me roughly how much a taxi cost from Mochit Skytrain station to the bus terminal. I would use a motorbike taxi but I have a large suitcase. I do not like using a taxi meter as looking like a tourist, I would have a good chance of a taxi driver taking a longer than necessary route.

IF You've got to ask " HOW MUCH " For a very SHORT Taxi ride like that, YOU Obviously CAN'T Afford it....WALK Or Get a BUS !! 555 !!

On 8/28/2025 at 12:56 PM, BangkokHank said:

Why not check the price on Bolt or Grab first, and you can use that price to facilitate your negotiation with a regular taxi driver.

all of this for a fare that will be under 100 baht.

On 8/28/2025 at 4:02 PM, NoshowJones said:

I started to learn Thai when I first came here, But these tones put me off. If Thai had been a normal language like French or Spanish I would have been fluent long ago.

I thought you were Thai?

Didn't you get citizenship a while ago?

Or was that when you were Possum. A Scot who is now Thai if memory serves me correctly.

 

Of course I could be mistaken.

On 8/28/2025 at 1:02 PM, NoshowJones said:

I started to learn Thai when I first came here, But these tones put me off. If Thai had been a normal language like French or Spanish I would have been fluent long ago.

 

English does use tones, just not in the same way as Thai. In Thai, tone changes what a word means. In English, tone changes what a sentence means.

 

For example:

If I say ‘You’re going.’ with my voice dropping, it’s a statement.

If I say ‘You’re going?’ with my voice rising, it’s a question.

“Really.” (flat = neutral, falling = skeptical, rising = surprised)
 

Same words, but the tone changes the meaning.

So we do use tones just for attitude and questions, not for different dictionary words.
 

5 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

 

English does use tones, just not in the same way as Thai. In Thai, tone changes what a word means. In English, tone changes what a sentence means.

 

For example:

If I say ‘You’re going.’ with my voice dropping, it’s a statement.

If I say ‘You’re going?’ with my voice rising, it’s a question.

“Really.” (flat = neutral, falling = skeptical, rising = surprised)
 

Same words, but the tone changes the meaning.

So we do use tones just for attitude and questions, not for different dictionary words.
 

 

 

Your point is valid..................but that is not tonal. English is not a tonal language.

 

You speak more about a raised voice, questioning voice etc - yes, different inference - same words. But that is not tonal.

 

Ma, ma, ma can all have different meanings in Thai depending on the tone. Same words different meaning.

 

The "You're going" same words, have the same meaning in all cases.

 

By contrast There, They're and Their are different words and different meanings.

22 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

 

English does use tones, just not in the same way as Thai. In Thai, tone changes what a word means. In English, tone changes what a sentence means.

 

For example:

If I say ‘You’re going.’ with my voice dropping, it’s a statement.

If I say ‘You’re going?’ with my voice rising, it’s a question.

“Really.” (flat = neutral, falling = skeptical, rising = surprised)
 

Same words, but the tone changes the meaning.

So we do use tones just for attitude and questions, not for different dictionary words.
 

Correct.

This usage of "tones" is usually called prosody.

A foreigner who doesn't use the correct prosody in English (or "a normal language like French or Spanish" @NoshowJones) is barely understandable.

BTW in addition to lexical tones (where tone changes the dictionary meaning of a word, cf @hotandsticky) Thai has (suprasegmental) prosody,  too.

On 8/26/2025 at 10:53 PM, Lorry said:

Here from NI (natural intelligence):

75-95 is a rip-off. Meter not much more than 50.

5 min is about right, if you take a helicopter. A car takes easily 15 or 20 minutes,  depending on traffic. 

 

NI. Hey, I like that. Gives me good cause to use NH....natural hansum. Yes, 15 to 20 mins minimum mostly idling. Take a book.🙃🙃

On 8/28/2025 at 9:54 AM, ricklev said:

Living here for 25 years, I have also confronted many a crooked and annoying taxi driver, however, I don't think I have ever had a driver who deliberately took a longer route to jack up the meter.  I really don't think that particular scam is common here.  

Lived here 21 years. I also have never had a taxi try to take the long route. I had one driver pour his distress onto me once, telling me he is constantly complained to by tourists because they don't understand many roads are one-way streets and he must go around the block. (Take Sukhumvit, for example. U-turn spots are rare so they must go the long way around to circle back to a place not far).

I prefer paying 5 times the amount with a private rented car and at least know in advance what I will need to shell out that anycase will be overcharged.....rather then get scammed for a petty 50 or 100 THB by some crooked Thai taxi driver.