Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City by train
Travel from Bangkok (Thailand) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) by train (749km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
Bangkok - Ho Chi Minh City @ 2025-01-25
To travel by train from Bangkok in Thailand to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, you either have to cross Cambodia. Or you take a flight. Please read the following information and blog posts.
Your travel route could be like that.
749 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Ho Chi Minh City - Bangkok / Bangkok - Hanoi / Bangkok - Hạ Long / Bangkok - Sapa / Bangkok - Hội An / Bangkok - Huế / Pattaya - Ho Chi Minh City / Pattaya - Hanoi / Phuket - Ho Chi Minh City / Phuket - Hanoi1 Bangkok (Thailand) - Siem Reap (Cambodia) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Bangkok (Thailand) to Siem Reap (Cambodia)
To travel from Thailand to Cambodia, you have to take a bus. There is no passenger train connection between these two countries.
There are daily direct bus connections from Bangkok (Thailand) to Siem Reap (Cambodia) with a journey time of about 9 hours. Buy your bus ticket from 700 THB (20 EUR).
Find the exact bus schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
Where to buy a ticket from Bangkok to Siem Reap?
Check times&prices Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Siem Reap - Bangkok / Bangkok - Phnom Penh
1b Travelling from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
To travel from Cambodia to Vietnam, you have to take a bus. There is no passenger train connection between these two countries.
There are daily direct bus connections from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) with a journey time of 9 hours and a ticket fare from 25 EUR. And from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City with a journey time of 5 hours and a ticket fare from 15 EUR.
Find the exact bus schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
Where to buy a ticket from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Ho Chi Minh City - Siem Reap / Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh City / Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh City / Siem Reap - Hanoi / Siem Reap - Hanoi
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