Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane train

Trains from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane start at €48.74 and take 3h 31m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane starts at €48.74 and takes 3h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 388 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 18 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 31mDoor to door
  • 2h 47mMoving
  • €50.39 to €104.84From
  • 06:27 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 12.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€50.39 to €104.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.

Buying this journey

12Go lists departures for Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €98.24Sat19
  2. about €88.89Sun20
  3. about €89.44Mon21
  4. about €61.94Tue22
  5. about €83.94Wed23
  6. about €104.84Thu24
  7. about €72.94Fri25
  8. about €77.89Sat26
  9. about €70.74Sun27
  10. about €51.49Mon28
  11. about €50.39Tue29
  12. about €52.04Wed30
  13. about €85.04Thu1
  14. about €50.39Fri2

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€48.74
  1. การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย S-446007:301h 37m09:07Nakhon Ratchasima Railway StationChum Phae station
  2. การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย S-707509:591h 33m11:32Chum Phae stationVientiane Railway Station

Changes at Chum Phae, with 52 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 46mCO2 13.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€55.89
  1. การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย S-615206:272h 47m09:14Nakhon Ratchasima Railway StationVientiane Railway Station

Door to door 3h 31mCO2 12.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย€48.743h 25m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Vientiane. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Vientiane for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane

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

  1. €63.0490 days
  2. €38.8460 days
  3. €37.1845 days
  4. €41.5930 days
  5. €48.7421 days
  6. €50.3914 days
  7. €72.947 days
  8. €89.443 days
  9. €98.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 164 percent. The dearest point is €98.24, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €70.74Sun
  2. €52.04Mon
  3. €50.39Tue
  4. €52.04Wed
  5. €85.04Thu
  6. €50.39Fri
  7. €77.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Nakhon Ratchasima

Rail
  • Nakhon Ratchasima Railway Station
  • Ban Phanao
  • Phu Khao Lat

Vientiane

Rail
  • Vientiane Railway Station
  • Vientiane North railway station
  • Vientiane South railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 388 km against 337 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 Udon Thani, Chum Phae, Khon Kaen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Nakhon Ratchasima at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane

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 the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane take?

The Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane takes 3h 31m door to door, of which 2h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 388 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane cost?

The Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane starts at €48.74 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €50.11. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane?

1 operators run the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane: การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane use?

The Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane leaves from Nakhon Ratchasima Railway Station and arrives at Vientiane Railway Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane?

Fares for the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.18. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 164 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane produce?

The Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane produces about 12.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 388 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane?

Operators on the Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 31m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Nakhon Ratchasima to Vientiane on 18 September 2026: 388 km of route against 337 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €48.74, and 3h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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