Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok by train

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Bangkok (Thailand) by train (749km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.

Ho Chi Minh City - Bangkok @ 2025-01-25

To travel by train from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Bangkok 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.

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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 Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok, 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

Bangkok - Ho Chi Minh City / Ho Chi Minh City - Phuket / Hanoi - Bangkok / Hanoi - Phuket / Hạ Long - Bangkok / Hội An - Bangkok / Huế - Bangkok / Lào Cai - Bangkok / Sapa - Bangkok / Da Nang - Bangkok

1 Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Siem Reap (Cambodia) - Bangkok (Thailand)

The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.

1a 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?

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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Siem Reap - Ho Chi Minh City / Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh / Hanoi - Phnom Penh / Hanoi - Siem Reap

1b 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?

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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Bangkok - Siem Reap / Phnom Penh - Bangkok

2 Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Bangkok (Thailand)

2a Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Bangkok (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.

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