Hua Hin to Khon Kaen train

Trains from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen start at €48.74 and take 5h 32m at their fastest.

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Left The Houze Condo, The highest point in Khon Kaen city with 37 storey. Almost finished in this Summer. Middle Kosa tower. Right Pullman Hotel Khon Kaen, The 5 star hotel.

The Trains from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen starts at €48.74 and takes 5h 32m door to door, run by 2 operators over 546 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 32mDoor to door
  • 2h 6mMoving
  • €61.94 to €143.34From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 88.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€61.94 to €143.34 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.

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

  1. about €138.94Thu24
  2. about €130.69Fri25
  3. about €143.34Sat26
  4. about €104.29Sun27
  5. about €88.89Mon28
  6. about €72.39Tue29
  7. about €88.34Wed30
  8. about €89.99Thu1
  9. about €71.29Fri2
  10. about €67.99Sat3
  11. about €76.79Sun4
  12. about €68.54Mon5
  13. about €61.94Tue6
  14. about €64.69Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 14, 2026

Cheapest€48.74
  1. การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย S-463907:301h 10m08:40Hua Hin Railway StationPradiphat
  2. Nok Air NA142310:0956m11:05Suvarnabhumi Airport BKKKhon Kaen Airport KKC

Changes at Bangkok, with 89 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 32mCO2 88.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Nok Air740 km/hFixed fareNot published

The train gets you into Khon Kaen. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Khon Kaen for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Khon Kaen Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Hua Hin to Khon Kaen

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

  1. €54.2490 days
  2. €43.7960 days
  3. €51.4945 days
  4. €53.1430 days
  5. €48.7421 days
  6. €64.6914 days
  7. €88.347 days
  8. €143.343 days
  9. €138.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €143.34, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €76.79Sun
  2. €68.54Mon
  3. €61.94Tue
  4. €64.69Wed
  5. €89.99Thu
  6. €71.29Fri
  7. €67.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Hua Hin

Rail
  • Hua Hin Railway Station
  • Khao Tao Railway Station
  • Nong Kae Railway Station

Khon Kaen

Rail
  • Khon Kaen Railway Station
  • Samran railway station
  • Tha Phra railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 546 km against 531 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 89 minutes, of which about 14 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hua Hin at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Hua Hin to Khon Kaen

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 Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen take?

The Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen takes 5h 32m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 546 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 Hua Hin to Khon Kaen cost?

The Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen starts at €48.74 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €48.74. 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 Hua Hin to Khon Kaen?

2 operators run the Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen: การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, Nok Air. 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.

Which terminal does the Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen use?

The Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen leaves from Hua Hin Railway Station and arrives at Khon Kaen Airport KKC. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Hua Hin to Khon Kaen?

Fares for the Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.79. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 227 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen produce?

The Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen produces about 88.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 546 km, which works out at roughly 163 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 Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen?

Operators on the Train from Hua Hin to Khon Kaen publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 32m 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.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hua Hin to Khon Kaen on September 23, 2026: 546 km of route against 531 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €48.74, and 5h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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