?Train From Butterworth/Hat Yai To Bkk Running?

[fatman406]

Does anyone know if, with all the floods in the south, the trains from Butterworth (Malaysia) to BKK is running or if there is any other overland option in llight of the floods?

I need to get back to BKK this coming week and flights are too expensive for my budget really, especially when I came all the way to Langkawi for less than 1000BHT and now to get back home flying is looking like 3500BHT! That's more than I've spent since being in Malaysia!

Any help/info/advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[knocka]

You can fly from Penang with Air Asia on Tuesday for 300ringatt, a pretty good fare with 3 days notice.

Edited November 6, 2010 by knocka

[londonthai]

trains only from hat yai. You can take a mini van to hat yai and from here train (I would think they are going slow) or bus for some 600baht. Tourist buses might be cheaper, but stopping/bus changing

[keestha]

trains only from hat yai. You can take a mini van to hat yai and from here train (I would think they are going slow) or bus for some 600baht. Tourist buses might be cheaper, but stopping/bus changing

Normally there is a train from Butterworth all the way to Bangkok, just once a day. Do you mean to say this service is interrupted now because of flooding on the B'worth - Hadyai leg?