You can call this a kind of “next instalment” to my Getting out of Melaka rant last month, as it follows the same “helpful” lines. However, this one might be best titled, Now for something you might actually find useful.
Get ready for caps lock – it means excitement...
THERE’S A TRAIN FROM BANGKOK AIRPORT!
After years of fussing about over said mode of transportation out to Suvarnabhumi airport, they’ve finally got this thing up and running. Whilst I may be out of date in reporting this, it was news to us upon arrival, and it’s good for you, too.
Why is it good? It’s cheap and frequent, and you avoid the taxis! A taxi from BKK to Sukumvit (which is a u-turn off the highway) will cost about 500 baht, or close to. You’ve got the 50 baht charge of picking one up at the airport, about 350-80 charge of getting into town, plus about 70-100 in tolls.
But now, all you have to do is head to the bottom level of the airport, pay 45 baht and hop on the half hour train all the way to Phaya Thai, a skytrain station. Two stops on the skytrain (20 baht) and you’ll be on Sukumvit (Siam to be precise) in half the time and a fraction of the price of a taxi.
There’s also a non-stop express train straight from the airport to Makkasan for about 150 baht, but this station isn’t on the skytrain if that’s what you’re after, so it may not be as convenient as it sounds (It might be.. I never went on it, the cheapo that I am).
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