phutoie2 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Breaking news story in Bangkok Post, the Thai - Laos railway link was opened this morning. - (5 March 2009) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Considering that the railway station in Laos is in 'no man's land', would it be worth travelling there by train? How much (asking the Laos exp(a)(er)ts) would one have to fork out for a taxi from the station to downtown Vientiane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Story from BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7925422.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiEye Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Great news...... will be taking the train on my next 90 day visa run. I'm sure they'll be plenty of samlors/tuk-tuks to take you to Vientiane, just like at every other Lao border point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuibeachcomber Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 anyone know how much for a seat/bed and how long does the journey take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutoie2 Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 anyone know how much for a seat/bed and how long does the journey take? Samui are you jesting!!?? its only 3.5km long. Third class is 20 Baht and you maybe lucky to get a seat as up to 500 people a day are expected to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Mix1up Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 and 200baht to get from the station to anywhere useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samgrowth Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) anyone know how much for a seat/bed and how long does the journey take? Samui are you jesting!!?? its only 3.5km long. Third class is 20 Baht and you maybe lucky to get a seat as up to 500 people a day are expected to use it. Do they have 1st car sleeper cabin for the 3.5km. Not sure if the journey time is long enough for my gf and I to enjoy the trip to heaven, I mean Laos. Edited March 6, 2009 by samgrowth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayongRay Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 What benefit does this train offer over uther roots then? Me 1st nongkai bus tuktuk trip was fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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