Chatuchak to Chiang Mai runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €71.28 and €71.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 14m over 663 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€71.28 to €71.84
- 114%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chatuchak
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:52First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €152.69Wed16
- about €191.19Thu17
- about €130.14Fri18
- about €135.09Sat19
- about €121.89Sun20
- about €151.59Mon21
- about €83.94Tue22
- about €113.64Wed23
- about €140.59Thu24
- about €121.34Fri25
- about €129.04Sat26
- about €119.69Sun27
- about €86.14Mon28
- about €71.28Tue29
- about €73.49Wed30
- about €123.54Thu1
- about €83.94Fri2
- about €99.89Sat3
- about €107.59Sun4
- about €85.59Mon5
- about €82.29Tue6
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.
The train gets you into Chiang Mai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chiang Mai for the night the train gets in
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When to book Chatuchak to Chiang Mai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €81.1890 days
- €72.9460 days
- €87.7945 days
- €81.1930 days
- €82.2921 days
- €71.2814 days
- €83.947 days
- €130.143 days
- €152.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €71.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 114 percent. The most expensive point is €152.69, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai 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
663 km
577 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
160,906 → 127,240
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 663 km against 577 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, Lampang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 CNX into Chiang Mai is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Chiang Mai
Settled in advance, so the ride into Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai Railway Station
Most of the points near Chiang Mai Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Chatuchak to Chiang Mai
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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
The fastest journey from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai takes 5h 14m door to door, of which 5h 12m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 37m, 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
The cheapest fare from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai is €71.28, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €120.79. 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
The cheapest way from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai is by train, at €71.28 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 5h 56m 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
Fares from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €71.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 114 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai, at €82.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai, at €59.73 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
1 operators sell services from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
33 percent of the services we sell from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai are direct. The rest connect at Udon Thani, Lampang, with about 55 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai use?
Services from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai by train leave from Chatuchak station and arrive at Chiang Mai 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 Chatuchak to Chiang Mai?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Chatuchak to Chiang Mai 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chatuchak to Chiang Mai on September 15, 2026: 663 km of route against 577 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €71.28, and 5h 14m 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 Chiang Mai is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Chatuchak reaches 10 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 69 to 758 km. Chiang Mai reaches 42 places in 11 countries, from 77 to 4,920 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chatuchak
- 10Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Chiang Mai
Leaving Chiang Mai
- 42Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 28Operators