Hanoi to Phuket by train
Travel from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Phuket (Thailand) by train (1667km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
Hanoi - Phuket @ 2025-01-25
To travel by train from Hanoi in Vietnam to Phuket in Thailand, you either have to cross Cambodia. Or you take a flight. Please read the following information and blog posts.
There are two main routes. Compare them and decide which one feeds your needs best.
- 1Hanoi (Vietnam) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Siem Reap (Cambodia) - Bangkok (Thailand) - Phuket (Thailand)
- 2Hanoi (Vietnam) - Phuket (Thailand)
1667 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 Hanoi to Phuket, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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Phuket - Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City - Phuket / Hanoi - Bangkok / Hạ Long - Bangkok / Hội An - Bangkok / Huế - Bangkok / Lào Cai - Bangkok / Sapa - Bangkok / Da Nang - Bangkok1 Hanoi (Vietnam) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Siem Reap (Cambodia) - Bangkok (Thailand) - Phuket (Thailand)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Travel from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by overnight train. The journey time is 32 to 37 hours. Train ticket fares start from 25 EUR. There are up to 6 train connections daily.
The trains of Vietnamese railways offer the following service classes:
- 3rd class, hard wooden seats
- 2nd class, soft seats with air-condition
- 2nd class, sleeper with 6 berths per compartment, with air-condition
- 1st class, sleeper with 4 berths per compartment, with air-condition
On some trains luxury train wagons are attached. For example "Violette Express" and others which offer 4-berth and 2-berth compartments.
The train numbers are as follows with departure time in Hanoi, arrival time in Ho Chi Minh City and the total journey time:
- SE1 / 22:20 / 05:45 / 31:25
- SE3 / 19:25 / 04:38 / 33:13
- SE5 / 08:50 / 18:55 / 34:05
- SE7 / 06:00 / 16:30 / 34:30
- SE9 / 14:25 / 03:25 / 37:00
- SE11 / 08:00 / 21:05 / 37:05
We recommend to travel one of the most scenic parts of this rail journey between Huế and Đà Nẵng on day light (SE1, SE3). You get to this section of the travel route 13 hours after departure in Hanoi. Sit on the left in direction of travel to have the best view.
If you travel as tourist, it makes sense to include some stops for example in Huế, Đà Nẵng and Hội An.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City?
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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Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi
1b Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Siem Reap (Cambodia)
To travel from Vietnam 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 Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Siem Reap (Cambodia) with a journey time of 9 hours and a ticket fare from 25 EUR. And from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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Siem Reap - Ho Chi Minh City / Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh / Hanoi - Phnom Penh / Hanoi - Siem Reap
1c Travelling from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Bangkok (Thailand)
To travel from Cambodia to Thailand, 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 Bangkok (Thailand) 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 Siem Reap to Bangkok?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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Bangkok - Siem Reap / Phnom Penh - Bangkok
1d Travelling from Bangkok (Thailand) to Phuket (Thailand)
To travel from Bangkok to Phuket, you have to use a bus or a flight. There are no train connections available. The closest railway station with train connection from Bangkok is located in Surat Thani, about 200 kilometers away from Phuket Airport. Tickets for the direct buses from Bangkok to Phuket are available from 15 Euro. The journey time is about 13 hours. Flights are not that expensive and of course faster.
Where to buy a ticket from Bangkok to Phuket?
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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Phuket - Bangkok
2 Hanoi (Vietnam) - Phuket (Thailand)
2a Travelling from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Phuket (Thailand)
To travel from Vietnam to Thailand you have to travel by bus or take a flight as there is no train connection available between these two countries. Chose one of these two travel options.
Use a flight from Vietnam to one of the big cities in Thailand. The flight time for the main route from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok is 1:30 hours and tickets are available from 50 EUR.
Or you travel by bus in two steps. First from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Siem Reap (Cambodia). The journey time is 9 hours and bus tickets are available from 25 EUR. There you change in a second bus from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Bangkok (Thailand). The journey time is 9 hours and bus tickets are available from 20 EUR. Of course it makes sense to stay one or two nights in Siem Reap to visit the temple of Angkor Wat.
Find the exact bus and flight schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking websites.
Where to buy a ticket from Hanoi to Phuket?
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Phuket - Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City - Bangkok / Hanoi - Bangkok / Ho Chi Minh City - Pattaya / Ho Chi Minh City - Phuket / Hanoi - Pattaya
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