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Kanchanaburi
- How To Get Here
Getting
to Kanchanaburi is very, very easy due to it's close proximity
to Bangkok. 99% of visitors, regardless of where you are travelling
from in Thailand, will pass through Bangkok en route to Kanchanaburi.
There's no airport in Kanchanaburi.
From Bangkok...
Bus
From
the Southern Bus Terminal ("Sai Dai"), buses leave
every 30min for Kanchanaburi, the last one departing at 10.30pm.
The journey takes a little under two hours.
Tickets
for a standard air-con bus are 80 Th.Baht one way. This is
by far the easiest way to get from bangkok to Kanchanaburi!
Train
As
the railway link between Bangkok and Kanchanaburi is only
a local line, this is a journey to be undertaken only by the
VERY brave! From Thonburi station in Bangkok, only 3rd class
trains run along this route and the journey takes a staggering
FIVE HOURS!
Definition
of 3rd class? - No windows, no fan, wooden seats, lots of
chickens!
Taxi
The
fastest, but most expensive way to get to Kanchanaburi! From
any where in Bangkok, taxi drivers will be able to get you
here in about 90 mins for anywhere between 1,000-3,000 Th.Baht,
all depending on your bargaining skills!
If
you can find a Thai speaker to do the bargaining for you,
it would be a lot better!
Useful
Numbers
Tourist Information
- 034 511200, 034 512500
Kanchanaburi Bus Terminal - 034 511182
Kanchanaburi Railway Station
- 034 511285
Tourist Police
- 034 512795, 034 512668, "1155"
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