The Hat Yai - Padang Besar Shuttle Train is a twice-daily return service running between Hat Yai, the largest town in the Songkhla Province of Southern Thailand and Padang Besar, the eastern Malaysia-Thailand border town. The Express 949 operates on a time-effective afternoon schedule departing Hat Yai at 1.05pm Thai Time (GMT+7), just after checking-out … Continue reading Express 949: Hat Yai Junction to Padang Besar by Shuttle Train
The Express 948 Hat Yai – Padang Besar Shuttle Train is a very popular mode of transport between the Malaysia border town of Padang Besar to Hat Yai, the largest city of Songkhla Province, Thailand, departing in the morning at 9.55am Malaysia Time (GMT+8), connecting from ETS and Komuter services with morning arrivals at Padang Besar. This post is about … Continue reading Express 948: Padang Besar to Hat Yai Junction by Shuttle Train
The Hat Yai - Padang Besar Shuttle Train is a twice-daily return service running between Hat Yai, the largest town in the Songkhla Province of Southern Thailand and Padang Besar, the eastern Malaysia-Thailand border town. While trains used to run with a dedicated 2-car Daewoo DMU and thereafter swapped for a Bogie Third Class rake … Continue reading Express 947: Hat Yai Junction to Padang Besar (Thai) by Shuttle Train
My purpose of visiting Hat Yai this time was to ride on the Hat Yai – Padang Besar Shuttle Train with the 4-car Sprinter train set supposedly to run the service from 31 January 2018 (It got switched out about a week earlier than scheduled.), and opted to head there on the first weekend of operations … Continue reading Scoot TR632: Singapore to Hat Yai by Airbus A320-200
After arriving from the Thaksinarath from Bangkok, I had slightly more than an hour to go before the Hat Yai - Padang Besar Shuttle Train departs at 7.30am. This post is about the travel experience onboard the Hat Yai – Padang Besar Shuttle Train. This is NOT the actual information page you are looking for. Click … Continue reading Express 947 Hat Yai – Padang Besar Shuttle Train: Hat Yai Junction to Padang Besar by Train
The new flagship trains of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) were launched in 2016, running throughout the Northern, Northeastern and Southern Lines in Thailand. The order of 115 new coaches from CRRC Changchun forming 9 train sets is SRT's largest single order for new additional passenger coaches. The new coaches are also a platform for SRT … Continue reading Special Express 31 Thaksinarath: Bangkok Hua Lamphong to Hat Yai Junction by the Best Train in Thailand
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) launched its flagship trains in 2016, offering new levels of comfort on all mainline routes. A total of 115 coaches from CRRC Changchun were ordered, forming 9 rakes inclusive of 8 in regular usage and 1 spare. The new coaches are also a platform for SRT to create a … Continue reading State Railway of Thailand 115 New CRRC Changchun Coaches: A Preview
The Special Express 35/36 (International Express) is no longer in operation. Replacing its timetable will be the new Thaksinarath running between Bangkok and Hat Yai with new CRRC-manufactured coaches. Through service between Bangkok and Padang Besar will be served by the new Special Express 45/46 (Thaksin Express) using 2 ANS40 coaches. Special Express 35 to Butterworth (?) … Continue reading Day 38-39: State Railway of Thailand from Bangkok to Padang Besar
The Peninsular Express is no longer in operation. There are no more direct train services between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur or northern destinations. You must change trains at JB Sentral and Gemas. Woodlands CIQ - JB Sentral: Shuttle Tebrau JB Sentral - Gemas: Shuttle (JB Sentral - Gemas) Gemas - KL Sentral/Ipoh/Butterworth/Padang Besar: ETS Gold/ETS … Continue reading Around the Malay Peninsular: Padang Besar to Singapore by Train
This post is about the travel experience onboard the Hat Yai - Padang Besar Shuttle Train. Click here to visit the new dedicated Hat Yai - Padang Besar Shuttle Train information page. After spending the night at Hat Yai, we departed back for Malaysia on the new Hat Yai - Padang Besar Shuttle Train. The shuttle … Continue reading Around the Malay Peninsular: Hat Yai to Padang Besar (Thai) by Train