The temple roof and skyline. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Latkrabang to Chiang Mai

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai. From €84.49, fastest 5h 23m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Latkrabang to Chiang Mai runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €84.49, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 23m over 682 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €84.49, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€84.49

  • 228%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Latkrabang

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:27First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Buying this journey

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €223.09Mon21
  2. about €132.34Tue22
  3. about €179.09Wed23
  4. about €180.19Thu24
  5. about €155.44Fri25
  6. about €165.34Sat26
  7. about €153.24Sun27
  8. about €88.34Mon28
  9. about €86.14Tue29
  10. about €89.99Wed30
  11. about €148.29Thu1
  12. about €102.09Fri2
  13. about €122.99Sat3
  14. about €127.93Sun4
  15. about €87.79Mon5
  16. about €84.49Tue6
  17. about €86.13Wed7
  18. about €93.84Thu8
  19. about €84.49Fri9
  20. about €100.99Sat10
  21. about €107.59Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Chiang Mai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Chiang Mai for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Chiang Mai Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Latkrabang to Chiang Mai

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €95.4890 days
  2. €89.4360 days
  3. €67.9845 days
  4. €70.7430 days
  5. €107.5921 days
  6. €127.9314 days
  7. €153.247 days
  8. €179.093 days
  9. €223.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €67.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 228 percent. The dearest point is €223.09, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€223.09€67.98137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Latkrabang to Chiang Mai and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

682 km

593 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

173,987127,240

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 682 km against 593 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Nong Khaem, Lampang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from CNX into Chiang Mai is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Chiang Mai

Settled in advance, so the ride into Chiang Mai costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Chiang Mai Railway Station

Most of the points near Chiang Mai Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Latkrabang to Chiang Mai

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

The fastest journey from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai takes 5h 23m door to door, of which 4h 39m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 48m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

The cheapest fare from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai is €84.49, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €124.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

The cheapest way from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai is by train, at €84.49 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 23m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

Fares from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €67.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 228 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai, at €86.14. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai, at €61.38 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย publish service areas covering both Latkrabang and Chiang Mai, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

33 percent of the services we sell from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai are direct. The rest connect at Nong Khaem, Lampang, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai use?

Services from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai by train leave from Lat Krabang Station and arrive at Chiang Mai Railway Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Latkrabang to Chiang Mai allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Latkrabang to Chiang Mai on 20 September 2026: 682 km of route against 593 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €84.49, and 5h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chiang Mai is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chiang Mai and across Thailand

Day trips that leave Chiang Mai in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Latkrabang reaches 11 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 748 km. Chiang Mai reaches 40 places in 11 countries, from 77 to 4,920 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Latkrabang

  • 11Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 5Operators

Arriving in Chiang Mai

Leaving Chiang Mai

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 28Operators

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