Phuket to Ho Chi Minh City by train
Travel from Phuket (Thailand) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) by train (967km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
Phuket - Ho Chi Minh City @ 2025-01-25
To travel by train from Phuket 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.
967 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 Phuket 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 - Phuket / Bangkok - Hanoi / Bangkok - Hạ Long / Bangkok - Sapa / Bangkok - Hội An / Bangkok - Huế / Pattaya - Ho Chi Minh City / Pattaya - Hanoi / Phuket - Hanoi1 Phuket (Thailand) - 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 Phuket (Thailand) to Bangkok (Thailand)
To travel from Phuket to Bangkok, you have to use a bus or a flight. There are no train connections available. The closest railway station with train connection to Bangkok is located in Surat Thani, about 200 kilometers away from Phuket Airport. Tickets for the direct buses from Phuket to Bangkok 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 Phuket to Bangkok?
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
Bangkok - Phuket
1b 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?
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
1c 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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