Butterworth to Hat Yai runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €25.64, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 53m over 207 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €25.64, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026
€25.64
- 213%Moves across the booking window
213%When it runs, leaving Butterworth
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
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 €76.79Thu24
- about €70.74Fri25
- about €52.59Sat26
- about €45.99Sun27
- about €38.29Mon28
- about €39.94Tue29
- about €31.69Wed30
- about €38.29Thu1
- about €39.94Fri2
- about €44.34Sat3
- about €33.89Sun4
- about €33.34Mon5
- about €31.14Tue6
- about €27.29Wed7
- about €36.64Thu8
- about €32.24Fri9
- about €35.54Sat10
- about €34.44Sun11
- about €25.64Mon12
- about €27.29Tue13
- about €28.39Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Hat Yai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Hat Yai for the night the train gets in
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When to book Butterworth to Hat Yai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.5490 days
- €28.3960 days
- €25.0945 days
- €25.6430 days
- €28.3921 days
- €27.2914 days
- €31.697 days
- €52.593 days
- €76.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €24.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 213 percent. The most expensive point is €76.79, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
207 km
179 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
107,591 → 191,696
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 207 km against 179 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Pendang, Jitra. 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from HDY into Hat Yai is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Hat Yai
Settled in advance, so the ride into Hat Yai costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Hat Yai Junction railway station
Most of the points near Hat Yai Junction railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Butterworth to Hat Yai
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 it take to get from Butterworth to Hat Yai?
The fastest journey from Butterworth to Hat Yai takes 3h 53m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 2m, 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai?
The cheapest fare from Butterworth to Hat Yai is €25.64, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €35.82. 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai?
The cheapest way from Butterworth to Hat Yai is by train, at €25.64 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 3h 54m 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai?
Fares from Butterworth to Hat Yai bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €24.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 213 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Butterworth to Hat Yai?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Butterworth to Hat Yai, at €28.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Butterworth to Hat Yai?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Butterworth to Hat Yai, at €25.08 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 service from Butterworth to Hat Yai?
2 operators sell services from Butterworth to Hat Yai across 1 mode: Keretapi Tanah Melayu, 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai?
0 percent of the services we sell from Butterworth to Hat Yai are direct. The rest connect at Pendang, Jitra, 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai use?
Services from Butterworth to Hat Yai by train leave from Butterworth railway station and arrive at Hat Yai Junction 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Butterworth to Hat Yai 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 labeled 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 Butterworth to Hat Yai on September 23, 2026: 207 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €25.64, and 3h 53m 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 Hat Yai is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Hat Yai and across Thailand
Day trips that leave Hat Yai in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Butterworth reaches 29 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 31 to 929 km. Hat Yai reaches 89 places in 6 countries, from 25 to 2,171 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Butterworth
- 29Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 1Operators
3
1Arriving in Hat Yai
Leaving Hat Yai
- 89Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 10Operators