Buses
Orange-coloured ordinary
buses
(
rot thammadaa)
are state-run, incredibly inexpensive and cover most short-range routes between main towns (up to 150km) very frequently during daylight hours. They can get very packed and are usually...
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Trains
Managed by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), the
rail network
consists of four main lines and a few branch lines, and is comfortable and reasonably fast. Fares depend on the class of seat, whether or not you want air conditioning, and on...
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Planes
The domestic arm of Thai Airways dominates the internal
flight network
, which extends to all parts of the country, using a total of 22 airports. Bangkok Airways plies seven additional routes. All towns served by an airport have at least one...
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Local transport and taxis
Most sizeable towns have some fixed-route transport network of local buses, songthaews or even longtail boats, with set fares and routes, but not rigid timetabling; in most cases vehicles leave when they're full - generally at ten- or twenty-minute...
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