Bangkok to Pattaya
GO
The bus is the usual way: from Ekkamai, Mo Chit 2 or Bang Na in town, or straight from Suvarnabhumi Airport. The only trains leave Hua Lamphong in the morning.
- TRAINS
- 2
- FROM
- ฿31
- CHECKED
From the operators’ timetables (checked 31 October 2026).
Short answer
Checked 31 October 2026
Take the bus: ฿144 from Ekkamai (hourly, 05:00–22:00) or ฿135 straight from Suvarnabhumi (7 a day), about 2 hours, to the bus terminal on North Pattaya Road (Roong Reuang Coach).
The train is a slow extra: ordinary train 283 leaves Hua Lamphong at 06:55 every day, ฿31, arriving at 10:34.
DOOR TO DOOR
A car to your Pattaya hotel
No terminal and no bags in a bus hold: a private car with a driver picks you up and drops you at your hotel. Priced per car, booked online ahead.
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Ways to go compared
Travel time as the operator gives it; fares for one adult seat, one way.
| Way | Time | Fare | From | A day | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 28m–3h 39m | ฿31 | Bangkok station (Hua Lamphong) | 2 a day | Operator’s timetable |
| Bus · Roong Reuang Coach | about 2 hours | ฿144 | Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekkamai) | 18 a day | Operator’s timetable |
| Bus from the airport | about 2 hours | ฿135 | Suvarnabhumi Airport | 7 a day | Operator’s timetable |
| Bus · Roong Reuang Coach | about 2 hours | ฿155 | Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminal | 14 a day | Operator’s timetable |
| Bus · Roong Reuang Coach | about 2 hours | ฿144 | Bang Na stop | 16 a day | Operator’s timetable |
| Shared van to your hotel (Bell Travel, sold by the bus company) | about 2–3 hours, depending on the hotel order | Not on the operator’s page; reviews say ฿300–450 | Suvarnabhumi, 1st floor Gate 8 | 6 a day (operator) | From reviews |
| Minivan (Ekkamai, Mo Chit 2 and others) | about 2½–3 hours, longer in traffic | Checking | Ekkamai, Mo Chit 2 | Checking | From reviews |
| Flight | Don Mueang → U-Tapao, Mon & Wed 21:35 (U-Tapao airport list). Rarely faster than the bus once you count airport time. | Airport’s list | |||
Timetable
Trains from Bangkok station (Hua Lamphong)
| Train | Departs | Arrives | Time | Fare | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 887 ExpressTrain 887 in SRT’s search; reviews and promotion stories call it 997. Reserved second-class air-conditioned seats: book ahead. D-Ticket shows whether it runs on a day once you enter the date. | 06:45 | 09:13 | 2h 28m | ฿170 (reviews) | Sat, Sun (reviews) |
| 283 Ordinary | 06:55 | 10:34 | 3h 39m | ฿31 | Daily |
Bus times are departures and depend on traffic; the bus company asks you to be at the stop 15 minutes early.
Days: SRT’s search marks some trains “Available daily” and the excursion trains “Saturday–Sunday and public holidays”; for the rest it gives no days.
Trains back to Bangkok
| Train | Departs | Arrives | Fare | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 Ordinary | 14:21 | 18:15 Bangkok station (Hua Lamphong) | ฿31 | Daily |
| 888 ExpressTrain 888 in SRT’s search; reviews call it 998. | 16:26 | 18:55 Bangkok station (Hua Lamphong) | ฿170 (reviews) | Sat, Sun (reviews) |
Buses
Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekkamai) → Pattaya bus terminal (North Pattaya) · Roong Reuang Coach
- Fare
- ฿144
- Time
- about 2 hours
- From Bangkok
- 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00
- Back to Bangkok
- 04:30 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 22:00
Suvarnabhumi Airport → Pattaya bus terminal (North Pattaya) · Roong Reuang Coach
- Fare
- ฿135
- Time
- about 2 hours
- From Bangkok
- 07:30 09:30 11:30 13:30 15:30 17:30 18:30
- Back to Bangkok
- 08:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 21:00
Another airport bus (reviews): bus 999 from the airport’s own bus terminal (take the free airport shuttle there), ฿139, about 2 hours, 4 a day at 07:30, 11:30, 13:30 and 17:30 (from Pattaya 06:30, 10:30, 14:30 and 16:30), stopping at four junctions on Sukhumvit Road.
Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminal → Pattaya bus terminal (North Pattaya) · Roong Reuang Coach
- Fare
- ฿155
- Time
- about 2 hours
- From Bangkok
- 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00
- Back to Bangkok
- 05:00 07:30 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00
Bang Na stop → Pattaya bus terminal (North Pattaya) · Roong Reuang Coach
- Fare
- ฿144
- Time
- about 2 hours
- From Bangkok
- 06:30 07:30 08:30 09:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30 19:30 20:30 21:30
- Back to Bangkok
- Not listed for this stop
Tickets at the counter only.
Where to board and get off
Floors, gates, counters and platforms as the operators write them.
In Bangkok
- Bangkok station (Hua Lamphong)
- The Pattaya trains leave from here. Rail nearby: MRT Hua Lamphong (BL28).
- Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekkamai)สถานีขนส่งเอกมัย
- On Sukhumvit Road beside BTS Ekkamai. Tickets on the 1st floor, counter 13; board at platform 1. Rail nearby: BTS Ekkamai (E7).
- Suvarnabhumi Airportสนามบินสุวรรณภูมิ
- Bus: 1st floor, near Gate 8, by the arrivals area (the bus company’s page).
- Mo Chit 2 Bus Terminalสถานีขนส่งหมอชิต 2
- On Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road. Tickets on the 1st floor, counter 34; board at platform 42. Rail nearby: BTS Mo Chit · MRT Chatuchak Park.
- Bang Na stopจุดจอดรถบางนา
- On Bang Na–Trat Road (toll way). Buses from the Southern Terminal and Ekkamai stop here. Tickets at the counter only.
At the other end
- Pattaya station
- On the Eastern Line.
- Pattaya bus terminal (North Pattaya)สถานีขนส่งพัทยาเหนือ
- On North Pattaya Road near Sukhumvit Road. Buses back to Bangkok and the airport leave from here.
Just landed? The automatic gates and the TDAC arrival card come before the airport bus. Suvarnabhumi automatic gates · TDAC arrival card
STEP BY STEP
Buying a train ticket
SRT sells special express, express and rapid train tickets online on D-Ticket. Ordinary trains cannot be booked online; buy at the station.
Book between 180 days and 3 hours ahead
D-Ticket opens seats 180 days before the train and closes 3 hours before it leaves.
Sign up with an ID card or passport number
Tick the foreigner box and give your passport number.
Give each passenger’s real details
The name, ID or passport number and phone of everyone travelling.
Pay and print
Card or PromptPay only. Print the ticket. SRT’s call centre is 1690.
Buying online
Buses: buy at the terminal counter or on the bus company’s booking site. At Bang Na, tickets are sold at the counter only. Roong Reuang Coach asks you to be at the stop 15 minutes before departure.
The operators’ own booking sites first. A seller shows trains, buses, vans and flights on one page.
- SRT D-TicketThe railway’s own booking site, not an affiliate link
- Roong Reuang Coach ticketsThe bus company’s own booking site, not an affiliate link
Questions
- Can I go straight from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Pattaya?
- Yes. The bus leaves from the 1st floor near Gate 8, seven times a day from 07:30 to 18:30, ฿135 a seat, about 2 hours (Roong Reuang Coach, October 2026). The airport’s own list from 2022 calls it bus 389 and gives ฿130.
- Which Bangkok bus terminal is best?
- Ekkamai, beside BTS Ekkamai, has a bus every hour from 05:00 to 22:00, ฿144. Mo Chit 2 (฿155) runs hourly 05:00–18:00, and Bang Na (฿144) sells tickets at the counter only.
- Is there a train to Pattaya?
- Ordinary train 283 leaves Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) at 06:55 every day and reaches Pattaya at 10:34, ฿31. Express 887 (997 in reviews) leaves at 06:45 and arrives at 09:13 on Saturdays and Sundays, about ฿170 for a reserved seat (reviews); SRT’s search shows no days or fare for it, and D-Ticket shows whether it runs once you enter a date.
- Where does the bus stop in Pattaya?
- At the bus terminal on North Pattaya Road, near Sukhumvit Road. Buses back to Bangkok and the airport leave from the same place.
Before you go
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