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There are many ways to go around in Koh Samui. The easiest way is to go with Song Thaew. A Song Thaew is a truck or pick-up that have been modified with 2 long seats along each side. The word Song Thaew means 2 seats and in english it´s known as Baht Bus. Some Song Thaew can take up to 40 passenger but in most cases about 16 passenger is normal.
Other transportation's in Koh Samui are with cars, taxi and motorcycle taxi. This is also an easy way and not very expensive. Let the taximeter running or make a price deal before you go.
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There are many ways to get to Koh Samui. Other air company land in Surat Thani. When you land in Surat Thani after about 1 hour, then you can take the bus to Koh Samui. The price for the ferry when you go with the bus is included in the ticket price to Koh Samui from Surat Thani. It takes about 3 hours from Surat Thani to Koh Samui with the ferry included. |
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It is also possible to travel to Koh Samui by train and then take the ferry from Surat Thani to Koh Samui. You can see the time table below.
From Bangkok - Butterworth |
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Train |
EXP |
DRC. |
RAP |
EXP |
EXP |
RAP |
EXP |
RAP |
RAP |
EXP |
EXP |
EXP |
ORD |
ORD |
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| 43 | 261 | 171 | 35 | 37 | 169 | 83 | 173 | 167 | 85 | 39 | 41 | 257 | 259 | ||
Stations / Class |
2 | 3 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2-3 | 2-3 | 1-2-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-2-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bangkok | dep. | 08.05 | 09.20 | 13.00 | 14.45 | 15.10 | 15.35 | 17.05 | 17.35 | 18.20 | 19.30 | 22.50 | 22.50 | ||
| Thon Buri | arr. |
07.45 | 13.35 | ||||||||||||
Nakhon Pathom |
" | 09.17 | 10.37 | 14.42 | 16.04 | 16.39 | 17.17 | 18.29 | 19.09 | 19.51 | 20.54 | 00.03 | 00.03 | 08.53 | 14.36 |
Kanchanaburi |
" |
10.24 | 16.19 | ||||||||||||
River Kwae Bridge |
" |
10.31 | 16.26 | ||||||||||||
Nam Tok |
" |
12.20 | 18.30 | ||||||||||||
Rachaburi |
" | 09.55 | 11.29 | 15.25 | 16.43 | 17.28 | 18.18 | 19.13 | 20.03 | 20.36 | 21.40 | 00.42 | 00.42 | ||
| Phetchaburi | " | 10.28 | 12.06 | 16.07 | . | 18.14 | 19.12 | . | 20.45 | 21.13 | 22.24 | 01.14 | 01.14 | ||
| Hua Hin | arr. | 11.11 | 13.00 | 17.10 | 18.11 | 19.08 | 20.11 | 20.43 | 21.37 | 22.02 | 23.19 | 02.04 | 02.04 | ||
| Prachuap Khiri Khan | " | 12.08 | 18.25 | . | 20.27 | 21.37 | . | 22.56 | 23.17 | 01.01 | 03.29 | 03.29 | |||
| Ban Krut | " | 12.47 | . | . | . | 22.27 | . | 23.56 | 00.32 | . | 04.10 | 04.10 | |||
| Chumphon | " | 14.19 | 21.01 | 21.47 | 23.22 | 00.35 | 01.20 | 02.19 | 02.56 | 03.44 | 05.42 | 05.42 | |||
| Lamg Suan | arr. | 15.08 | 22.12 | . | . | 01.38 | . | 03.28 | 03.59 | 04.46 | 06.48 | 06.48 | |||
| Surat Thani | " | 16.20 | 00.09 | 00.46 | 01.53 | 03.02 | 03.43 | 05.03 | 05.30 | 06.11 | 08.01 | ||||
| Thung Song Jn | " | 02.15 | 02.37 | 03.44 | 05.11 | 05.36 | 07.43 | 08.06 | 08.39 | ||||||
| Trang | " | 07.15 | 09.51 | ||||||||||||
| Kantang | " | 10.35 | |||||||||||||
| Nakhon Si Thammarat | " | 09.05 | 09.55 | ||||||||||||
| Phatthalung | " | 04.06 | 04.26 | 05.34 | 07.05 | ||||||||||
| Hat Yai Jn | " | 05.36 | 05.54 | 07.18 | 08.50 | ||||||||||
| Yala | " | 08.33 | 09.01 | 10.50 | |||||||||||
| Sungai Kolok | " | ||||||||||||||
| Padang Besar | " | 07.20 | |||||||||||||
| Butterworth | " | 11.55 | |||||||||||||
| ORD = ORDINARY TRAIN | DRC = DIESEL RAILCAR | SP EXP = SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN |
| RAP = RAPID TRAIN | EXP = EXPRESS TRAIN | SP EXP DRC = SPECIAL EXPRESS DIESEL RAILCAR |
