
(Breakfast is 50 baht and good coffee is available) If you’re looking to stay the night in Sungai Kolok, we recommend the Green View Boutique Hotel ( check rates here). You can get directions to it here Is there anywhere to wait for the trains/buses in Sungai Kolok?Ĭlose to the train station is the Genting Hotel, where you can get wifi, food, and drinks. The Sungai Kolok Bus Terminal is about 3 km from the town center. Book here Where is the Sungai Kolok Bus Terminal? In our opinion the train is the better option if you are going all the way to Bangkok. Book here.ĭirect buses run from Sungai Kolok to Bangkok once a day although a better option may be to get to Hat Yai which is a larger transport hub with more options. Minivans go to Hat Yai (for Phuket, Krabi, Koh Samui, and also Bangkok transfers) every hour between 06:00 – 16:00.

Some buses and minivans leave the Thanon Wongwiwat bus terminal. We recommend pre-booking your trains, you can do that here. The 11:30 train arrives in Bangkok at 08:45 the next day and the 14:20 arrives at 10:30 the next morning.

These trains both stop in Yala, Hat Yai, and Surat Thani before the final stop in Hua Lamphong, Bangkok. they leave Sungai Kolok at 11:30 and 14:20. There are two northbound departures from Sungai Kolok to Bangkok. What times are the trains from Sungai Kolok to Hay Yai / Bangkok? The best way to prebook your onward travel from Sungai Kolok is to use 12AsiaGo – check out options here. However, we recommend pre-booking to ensure you can move on from Sungai Kolok. You can book your trains in person at the train station when you arrive, depending on availability. The most popular route from here is Sungai Kolok to Hat Yai. How do you book trains/buses from Sungai Kolok to Hat Yai / Bangkok? It’s about 1 kilometer to the train station. You need to walk (or grab a ride) from the Thai border to the town. How far is it from Immigration to the bus/train station in Sungai Kolok? Are Malaysia and Thailand in the same time zone? You will need to walk across no man’s land. There are no taxis or buses that cross the border here. Can you take a taxi across the border from Malaysia to Thailand? You need to take a bus to the border and then take a train from Sungai Kolok to your onward destination in Thailand. While there are trains that run to and from Kota Bharu (the Jungle train from Wakaf Baharu), there are no trains directly into Thailand. FAQs – Rantau Panjang to Sungai Kolok Are there Trains from Kota Bharu to Thailand? It’s a further 20-minute walk to the Sungai Kolok (sometimes Sungai Golok) railway station where we found it easy (we were traveling in the off-season) to buy our train tickets from Sungai Kolok to Hua Hin. A motorcycle taxi will cost around 20 THB. It is about 1 kilometer from the immigration post to the Sungai Kolok railway station and town. You are now in Thailand Sungai Kolok Immigration to Sungai Kolok town

This is the most used border crossing from Malaysian Kelantan to Thailand. We’ve been into Thailand several times in the last year and I wonder if there’s anything flagged on my passport. The Thai border control seemed much more interested in my passport than anything else, wanting to know where we were going, why and for how long.
