Trains from Yala to Surat Thani start at €28.39 and take 6h 6m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Yala to Surat Thani starts at €28.39 and takes 6h 6m door to door, run by 2 operators over 386 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€30.59 to €76.79 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
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Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning OT738309:193h 33m12:52Hat Yai Bus TerminalSurat Thani (new) Bus TerminalChanges at Hat Yai, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 6mCO2 13.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
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The Train from Yala to Surat Thani takes 6h 6m door to door, of which 4h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 386 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.
The Train from Yala to Surat Thani starts at €28.39 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.39. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
2 operators run the Train from Yala to Surat Thani: การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
The Train from Yala to Surat Thani leaves from Yala Railway Station and arrives at Surat Thani (new) Bus Terminal. 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.
Fares for the Train from Yala to Surat Thani bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.19. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Train from Yala to Surat Thani produces about 13.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 386 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Operators on the Train from Yala to Surat Thani publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 6m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
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Being on the water gives Surat Thani a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips that leave Surat Thani in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.
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6h 6m
4h 32m
€30.59 to €76.79
07:30 to 07:30
1
13.0 kg
Rail