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From
Bangkok |
For the journey to Songkla,
a quiet fishing town, it is better to take the bus or drive.
Trains and planes go directly to Hat Yai. Songkhla itself
has no landing field or train station.
By Plane 
No
flight operates directly between Bangkok-Songkla. Thai Airways
International offers many flights daily between Bangkok and
Hat Yai, where you can catch a bus for the short trip to Songkhla.
Some flights stop at Phuket and Trang before landing at Hat
Yai, so it will take 4.5 hours. The direct flight will take
only 1.5 hours. For information, please contact the Bangkok
office: +66 2 280 0060, 628 2000, THAI's Hat Yai office: +66
74 245 851, 233 433, 244 282, 243 711.
By Bus 
Taking
Highway No. 4, several daily air-conditioned coaches and regular
buses leave Bangkok for Songkhla and Hat Yai.
24 seat VIP air-conditioned
buses leave the Southern Terminal Bus for Hat Yai daily at
5.30 pm and 6.00 pm, spend 14 hours getting to the destination
in the early morning. Fare is around 760 baht. More information
for VIP bus call +66 2 435 1200, 434 7192 and 435 1199.
40 seat air-conditioned buses
Standard 1 (blue) depart Bangkok’s Southern Bus Terminal for
Songkhla Monday to Sunday in the early evening spending 10
hours covering the 1,004 km. Bangkok to Hat Yai buses leave
the station from 7.00 a.m. till 8.20 p.m. everyday. For more information
call +66 2 435 1200, 434 7192, 435 1199.
Air-conditioned buses (orange)
depart Bangkok’s Southern Bus Terminal two times a day, 8.00
a.m. and 4.30 p.m. These buses take 15 hours and arrive in
Songkhla at 7.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. respectively. More information
call +66 2 434 5557
Non air-conditioned buses
leave Bangkok’s Southern Bus Terminal once a day, at 2.30
p.m., and spend around 17 hours on the road. For further information,
please call Bangkok's Southern Bus Terminal: +66 2 434 5557
to 8. Hat Yai Bus Terminal +66 74 232 404, 232 789.
By Train 
The
railway links Bangkok to Hat Yai. Both rapid and express trains
depart Bangkok Railway Station or Hua Lum Phong in the early
afternoon and spend 16 hours 10 mins to get to the destination.
Regular trains leave Thonburi Railway Station as well. It
takes 18.25 hours to Hat Yai. For further details call +66
2 223 7010, 223 7020 and 220 4334. For Hat Yai Railway Station
call +66 74 243 705, 246 267 to 8, and 243 978.
By Car 
Driving
950 km from Bangkok to Songkhla take the two-lane Highway
No. 4 past Prachuab Khirikhan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, and
Nakhon Si Thammarat to Songkhla. The road condition is fair
to good.
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