Chiang Mai to Padang Besar by train
Travel from Chiang Mai (Thailand) to Padang Besar (Malaysia) by train (1357km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
Chiang Mai - Padang Besar @ 2025-01-25
To travel by train from Chiang Mai in Thailand to Padang Besar in Malaysia, you have to change the train at the border. Please read the following information.
Your travel route could be like that.
1357 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 Chiang Mai to Padang Besar, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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Padang Besar - Chiang Mai1 Chiang Mai (Thailand) - Padang Besar (Malaysia)
1a Travelling from Chiang Mai (Thailand) to Padang Besar (Malaysia)
Travel from Thailand to Malaysia by train. The main travel route goes from Bangkok (Thailand) via Padang Besar (Malaysia) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
First travel by night train from Bangkok to Padang Besar. The journey time is 17 hours and train tickets are available from 900 THB (25 EUR). Padang Besar is the border station between Thailand and Malaysia.
You arrive by overnight train in the morning at Padang Besar where you change to a train to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). The journey time is 6 hours and train tickets are available from 17 EUR.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking-links. You have to buy two tickets in total.
Where to buy a ticket from Chiang Mai to Padang Besar?
Check times&prices Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Padang Besar - Chiang Mai / Bangkok - Kuala Lumpur / Bangkok - Johor Bahru / Bangkok - Butterworth, Penang / Bangkok - Padang Besar / Trang - Kuala Lumpur / Chiang Mai - Kuala Lumpur / Chiang Rai City - Kuala Lumpur / Nakhon Sawan - Kuala Lumpur / Pattaya - Kuala Lumpur / Phuket - Kuala Lumpur
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