Where can I buy a train ticket witn no middle man?

[chado]

how can I buy a ticket to a train, is it possible to do that on the official website ?

[pgrahmm]

The train station for certain...

 

Supposedly, they were to have upgraded the online capabilities for purchasing, but there will probably be a processing fee....At the station you have to show your ID for all passengers....Not sure about online....

[chado]

11 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

The train station for certain...

 

Supposedly, they were to have upgraded the online capabilities for purchasing, but there will probably be a processing fee....At the station you have to show your ID for all passengers....Not sure about online....

but I'm in Malaysia, I want a ticket Hat Yai - Bangkok

Edited March 13, 2017 by chado

[pgrahmm]

http://www.thairailways.com/

[chado]

1 hour ago, pgrahmm said:

http://www.thairailways.com/

it redirects to 12go.asia which is a middle man which takes some fees. how can I buy directly?

[honu]

after a little clicking around it looks like this is the official State Railway of Thailand site:

 

http://www.railway.co.th/home/default.aspx?ID=&lang=EN

 

this is the official purchase portal site, which that site links to:

 

https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1

 

this is a separate third-party information site (which does also link to the official sales portal, a good sign), but there seem to be a number of those:

 

http://www.train36.com/book-train-tickets-in-thailand-online.html

[chado]

39 minutes ago, honu said:

after a little clicking around it looks like this is the official State Railway of Thailand site:

 

http://www.railway.co.th/home/default.aspx?ID=&lang=EN

 

this is the official purchase portal site, which that site links to:

 

https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1

 

this is a separate third-party information site (which does also link to the official sales portal, a good sign), but there seem to be a number of those:

 

http://www.train36.com/book-train-tickets-in-thailand-online.html

How can I check availability on the 1st website? And maybe buy a ticket online.

[Upnotover]

1 hour ago, chado said:

How can I check availability on the 1st website? And maybe buy a ticket online.

Did you try clicking on "Booking Train Ticket"?  Seems to work quite well.

[chado]

27 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Did you try clicking on "Booking Train Ticket"?  Seems to work quite well.

http://www.railway.co.th/checktime/checktime.asp?lenguage=EN&StationFirst=Hat Yai Junction&StationLast=Bangkok

I see only check, fares, time. Where?

[Upnotover]

1 minute ago, chado said:

http://www.railway.co.th/checktime/checktime.asp?lenguage=EN&StationFirst=Hat Yai Junction&StationLast=Bangkok

I see only check, fares, time. Where?

Click on the "e-ticket SRT" button.  That takes you to https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1  as mentioned above.

[my friend I]

On 3/13/2017 at 9:54 AM, chado said:

but I'm in Malaysia, I want a ticket Hat Yai - Bangkok

 

You can get the #46 from Padang Besar, Malaysia or Thailand if thats more convienient

[honu]

I'm not on Thaivisa all that often, but it's not as if I book tickets through that site so I've got it all figured out, I just passed on some ideas from looking around.  The one did have a book a ticket button, but I'm not sure about limitations, or the process details.

 

Another site I didn't mention said you can only book tickets originating from Bangkok or Chiang Mai, as I recall, but then since they've been adjusting the website functions and process that may not be right, or might never have been correct.

[ubonjoe]

I bought train tickets for my wife earlier this month and did this topic it.

This link takes you to the site. https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/Default.aspx?language=1