Surin to Khon Kaen runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €48.74, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 1m over 381 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €48.74, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026
€48.74
- 244%Moves across the booking window
244%When it runs, leaving Surin
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €150.49Thu24
- about €115.84Fri25
- about €120.79Sat26
- about €89.99Sun27
- about €61.39Mon28
- about €60.84Tue29
- about €82.84Wed30
- about €82.29Thu1
- about €64.14Fri2
- about €73.49Sat3
- about €70.74Sun4
- about €61.94Mon5
- about €55.89Tue6
- about €56.44Wed7
- about €66.89Thu8
- about €53.69Fri9
- about €58.64Sat10
- about €60.29Sun11
- about €48.74Mon12
- about €53.14Tue13
- about €53.69Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Khon Kaen. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Khon Kaen for the night the train gets in
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When to book Surin to Khon Kaen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €47.6490 days
- €47.0960 days
- €43.7945 days
- €49.8430 days
- €53.6921 days
- €56.4414 days
- €82.847 days
- €120.793 days
- €150.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 244 percent. The dearest point is €150.49, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Surin to Khon Kaen 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
381 km
188 km as the crow flies, 103% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
46,673 → 114,459
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 381 km against 188 km in a straight line, a detour of 103 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nakhon Ratchasima. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 KKC into Khon Kaen is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Khon Kaen
Settled in advance, so the ride into Khon Kaen costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Khon Kaen is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Khon Kaen Railway Station
Most of the points near Khon Kaen Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Surin to Khon Kaen
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 Surin to Khon Kaen?
The fastest journey from Surin to Khon Kaen takes 5h 1m door to door, of which 2h 48m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 11m, 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 Surin to Khon Kaen?
The cheapest fare from Surin to Khon Kaen is €48.74, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €61.94. 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 Surin to Khon Kaen?
The cheapest way from Surin to Khon Kaen is by train, at €48.74 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 4m 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 Surin to Khon Kaen?
Fares from Surin to Khon Kaen bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €43.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 244 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Surin to Khon Kaen?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Surin to Khon Kaen, at €55.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Surin to Khon Kaen?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Surin to Khon Kaen, at €37.19 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 Surin to Khon Kaen?
1 operators sell services from Surin to Khon Kaen across 1 mode: การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Surin to Khon Kaen?
0 percent of the services we sell from Surin to Khon Kaen are direct. The rest connect at Nakhon Ratchasima, with about 92 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 Surin to Khon Kaen use?
Services from Surin to Khon Kaen by train leave from Surin railway station and arrive at Khon Kaen 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 Surin to Khon Kaen?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Surin to Khon Kaen 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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 Surin to Khon Kaen on 23 September 2026: 381 km of route against 188 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €48.74, and 5h 1m 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 Khon Kaen is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Khon Kaen and across Thailand
Day trips that leave Khon Kaen in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Surin reaches 23 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 955 km. Khon Kaen reaches 55 places in 3 countries, from 44 to 1,080 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Surin
- 23Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
1
1Arriving in Khon Kaen
Leaving Khon Kaen
- 55Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 6Operators