Excursion Trains
The State Railway of Thailand run special excursion trains at the weekends and on some public holidays. These are usually day trips and the price includes a return ticket. The most popular excursions are to Sai Yok Noi Waterfall (Nam Tok) in Kanchanaburi, Suan Son Pradipat Beach to the south of Hua Hin, and Pattaya and Ban Plu Ta Luang. The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has recently started doing excursion trips with the refurbished Japanese Kiha-183 trains. There is also a day trip to Kaeng Khoi Junction in April for the light and sound show and to Pasak Chonsalit Dam (Pa Sak Jolasid) from November to January for the viaduct across the reservoir and the sunflowers. For true rail fans, there are special steam train excursions six times a year to Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom and Chachoengsao.
Visit the Train Trips section for photos taken during these excursions and more.
HOW TO BUY TICKETS: You can buy these tickets online on the official D-Ticket website. Change the language to English and then click ‘Exploring Thailand by Train’. The excursion trains to Nam Tok and the beach are 120 baht for fan and 240 baht for air-con. The steam train is from 299 baht. These prices are for return tickets. The weekend tourist train to Pattaya is 170 baht one way. The KiHa-183 excursions start from 1,499 Baht as they include meals and a coach tour at the destination.
Sai Yok Noi Waterfall (Nam Tok)
Hi.
Are excursion trains such as steam train or KiHa 183 can be refunded? Last year I could not refund the steam train ticket.
Apparently you cannot refund tickets for excursion trains.
Hi Richard,
Thanks for all the info and updates! Are there any train numbers available of the KiHa 183 that allows it to be tracked through the TTS website? Thanks!
Yes, go to D-Ticket and click on one of the kiha trips. You will see the 9## number for the train. You can then use this for the tracking.
Ticket prices quoted are very inaccurate. Cheapest is 1499 baht per person
The 120/240 Baht prices are for the excursions on the Death Railway to Soi Yok Noi waterfall and down south to Suan Noi Pradipat Beach. The 1,499 Baht price is for the KiHa-183 excursions. They go to different places each weekend and are only promoted in Thai language. They include meals and coach tours.
Chachoengsao, Thai train excursion 1,499thb includes food & a coach tour is this correct? Is there any assistance for English speaking only on the coach trip?
Just enjoyed the Atthayu 127 Anniversary trip found on your site thanks, but did not know about pre booking online tuk tuk tours. Three lovely Thai ladies invited me to join in with them. Good memories. Do you know where these are booked online by chance? Thats what they did, and just picked up a number card took it to a corresponding number being held up by a tuktuk driver.
Dear Sir/ Madam.
I am very interested to make use of your offer for special one-day trips on weekends with The State Railways of Thailand. My wife and I will be visiting Thailand in January next year and we would like to purchase the tickets well in advance, to make sure that we do not mis this interesting opportunity.
Can you please notify me about the possibility to purchase these railway tickets in advance and how I must proceed with the transfer of the cost of the tickets to your organisation.
I am looking forward to your reaction.
You can only buy at the train station or the D-Ticket website up to 30 days in advance.
https://www.thaitrainguide.com/tickets/dticket/
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