Surat Thani to Chom Thong bus

Buses from Surat Thani to Chom Thong start at €32.63 and take 9h 38m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Surat Thani to Chom Thong starts at €32.63 and takes 9h 38m door to door, run by 2 operators over 598 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 38mDoor to door
  • 8h 54mMoving
  • €32.63From
  • 16.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€30.98
  1. Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning OT389106:078h 54m15:01Surat Thani (new) Bus TerminalChom Thong bus station

Door to door 9h 38mCO2 16.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Green Bus Thailand€32.638h 35m
Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning€30.988h 43m

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Chom Thong is not something we sell.

A hotel room

A room in Chom Thong for the night the bus gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Surat Thani to Chom Thong

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

  1. €34.2890 days
  2. €26.0360 days
  3. €24.3845 days
  4. €24.3830 days
  5. €32.6321 days
  6. €34.8314 days
  7. €52.987 days
  8. €45.283 days
  9. €60.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €24.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 149 percent. The most expensive point is €60.68, 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. €38.13Sun
  2. €32.63Mon
  3. €37.58Tue
  4. €33.73Wed
  5. €46.38Thu
  6. €45.83Fri
  7. €34.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Surat Thani

Bus
  • Surat Thani (new) Bus Terminal
  • Seatran
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 598 km against 520 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 Si Racha, Chon Buri, Hua Hin, Ban I Chang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Surat Thani at 06:07 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.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train5h 1m4h 17m44m€74.0419.7 kg3
Coach9h 38m8h 54m44m€32.6316.1 kg4

Questions about Surat Thani to Chom Thong

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong take?

The Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong takes 9h 38m door to door, of which 8h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 598 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 Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong cost?

The Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong starts at €32.63 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €35.92. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong?

2 operators run the Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong: Green Bus Thailand, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning. 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 Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong use?

The Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong leaves from Surat Thani (new) Bus Terminal and arrives at Chom Thong bus 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Surat Thani to Chom Thong?

Traveling from Surat Thani to Chom Thong by Train costs €74.04 and takes 5h 1m door to door, against 9h 38m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong?

Fares for the Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €24.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 149 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong produce?

The Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong produces about 16.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 598 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong?

Operators on the Coach from Surat Thani to Chom Thong publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Surat Thani to Chom Thong on September 12, 2026: 598 km of route against 520 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.63, and 9h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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