Main Train Station

[ampursong]

after arriving in bangkok next month i will need to go from the new airport to the main train station in bangkok...Can anyone tell me in miles how far it is from the airport to the train station....any idea how much it will cost to get there by taxi.....

Also is there a closer station to the new airport than the main one in bangkok.....

I,ll be going up north to Den Chai.....

Thanks

[Weatherhead]

can you fly to Phrae?

[my friend I]

Welcome

Closest train station to new airport is Lat Krabang. Trains come from Chachoengsao from 7am to 8.45 pm. This is on the eastern line. The train will take you to Bangkok main train station.

There maybe a new train service once the airport is open with additional services.

Right now the train track is broken just south of Den Chai. Been a lot of rain.

[lomatopo]

~ 24 miles (40 Km), fare 400 THB (max. all in, departure fee of 50 THB, potential tolls), travel time, depends.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/05Sep2006_news20.php

FLOODING / DISRUPTION OF RAIL SERVICES

Bangkok-Chiang Mai trains to resume today

Train services between Bangkok and Chiang Mai, which were suspended due to flooding, are expected to resume today as repair work on damaged tracks has almost been completed.

Thawil Samnakhon, acting governor of the State Railway of Thailand, expressed confidence that train services to Chiang Mai would resume this evening as damaged tracks covering some 50 metres in Lamphun were being replaced.

The SRT has already resumed train services to flood-hit Uttaradit province.

A desperate but fruitless search for the body of train mechanic Anucha Anurak in the Yom river in Phrae province continued for the fourth day yesterday.

An express train bound for Chiang Mai plunged into the river in Long district on Thursday. The body of train driver Sathit Iemsue was retrieved from the overflowing river on Saturday.

Several northern provinces remained inundated yesterday, with Sukhothai province the worst-hit.

Sawankhalok, Si Samrong, Kong Krailat and Muang districts of Sukhothai remained heavily flooded. In tambon Pak Kwae in Muang district, 20 metres of road along the Yom river bank was badly damaged.

In Phichit, authorities used sandbags to set up floodwalls and install eight water pumps in low-lying areas to save the province's economic zones from possible run-off from the Nan river.

In Lamphun, several communities remained flooded, particularly the Lamphun railway communities where the floodwater was about one metre high.

In Phitsanulok, the Wat Bot-Pongkhae road in tambon Hinlad of Wat Bot district became impassable as the water level there had risen by one metre.

Boon-in Chuenchavalit, director of the Bhumibol Dam in Tak, said it could hold a further three billion cubic metres.

Chiang Rai Governor Udom Puasakul yesterday ordered officials to inspect the flood-damaged areas. The provincial disaster prevention and mitigation office yesterday warned residents in Mae Chan, Mae Fa Luang, Mae Suai and Muang districts to brace for possible forest run-offs, flash floods and mudslides.

[udon]

IF..... you were travelling lite, get a taxi to On Nut (Skytrain), get off at Asoke and get the Metro to Hua Lampong main train station.

Faster than a taxi in peak hours. Inexpensive too

Map : http://urbanrail.net/as/bang/bangkok.htm

[jdinasia]

There SHOULD be a bus to Onnut BTS ... take it there (35 baht) go to Asoke station and then down to the Sukhumwit MRTA (subway) and then on to HuaLumphong MRTA station.

But ... if you are NOT travelling light as Udon says ... just get a taxi ...