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You can get to Phetchaburi
by car, bus or train. Many kinds of buses ply the southern
route as well as both direct and indirect trains. It takes
about two and a half hours to get there from Bangkok.
By Bus 
Non Air-conditioned Bus
The Transport
Company Limited (Bo Kho So) operates a daily Bangkok to Phetchaburi
service every 25 minutes. The fare is 28 baht per person.
Services start at 5.00 a.m. through till 7.00 p.m. Detailed
information can be obtained from the Southern Bus Terminal
Tel +66 2 434 5557 to 8, 435 1199, 435 1200.
Air- conditioned Bus (Blue
Color)
Two companies
operate first-class air-conditioned coach services to Phetchaburi:
Krungthep-Phetchaburi Tour
Co., Ltd.: with daily services from 5.00 am through to 8.15
pm. Return services start from 5.00 am through to 7.30 pm.
Buses are available every
45 minutes and the fare is 65 baht per person. For more information,
contact +66 2 435 7438 or +66 32 425 922.
Hua Hin-Pran Tour Co., Ltd.:
with daily services starting at 7.00 a.m. through to 2.20
p.m. Return services begin at 9.00 a.m. and the last trip
is at 5 p.m.
The fare to Phetchaburi is
86 baht per person; 97 baht per person for Bangkok-Hua Hin.
For more information, contact +66 2 435 5097, 435 0321 or +66
32 471 654.
You can also travel on one
of the southern route buses, such as Bangkok-Chumphon, Bangkok-Prachuab
Khiri Khan or Bangkok-Hua Hin, which also drop off passengers
in Phetchaburi.
By Trian 
Ordinary,
rapid, express and special express trains depart daily from
Bangkok’s Hua Lampong Railway Station and Thonburi Railway
Station (Bangkok Noi Station) for Phetchaburi and Cha-am.
Trains bound for Hat Yai drop
off passengers in Phetchaburi. The ordinary and rapid train
departs daily, while the express train leaves during the night.
Fares per person are 153 baht
for first class, 78 baht for second class and 34 baht for
third class. Supplementary charges are added for sleeping
berths and catering service.
Detailed information and schedules
can be obtained from:
Hua Lampong Station:
Tel. +66 2 223 7010,
223-7020
Samsen Station:
Tel. +66 2 241 4238 ext
4260
Bangsue Station:
Tel. +66 2 587 4613
Thonburi Railway Station:
Tell +66 2 411 3102
On holidays, the State Railway
of Thailand offers one-day tours to Cha-am. The train departs
Bangkok at 6.30 a.m. to visit Phetchaburi, Kao Wang Historical
Site, Cha-am Beach and Marukataiyawan Palace. The fee is 480
baht per person including a meal. For more details, contact
the promotion counter at Hua Lampong from 4.00 a.m. to 11.00
p.m. or Tel +66 2 220 4334.
By Car 
Two
main road routes link Bangkok and Phetchaburi: via Bhuttha
Monthon and by the Thonburi-Paktor Highway. The Bhuttha Monthon
Route passes through Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi on the way.
The total distance is 166 km. The faster route along the Thonburi-Paktor
Highway passes through Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Paktor
District of Ratchaburi, before joining Highway No.4 to Phetchaburi
The total distance is 121 km.
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