If you are coming back from Hua Hin and want to stop at Nakhon Pathom, fifteen trains make the 165 km run in between 2 hours 16 minutes and 3 hours 15 minutes. Most are fast overnight trains from the south, so the early morning is the busiest time.
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Timetables
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* Weekends only. Also on public holidays
Average journey time: 2 hours 38 minutes
How to buy tickets
The easiest way to buy train tickets in Thailand is online rather than going to the station. You do pay a very small commission but the ease and convenience makes it worthwhile in our opinion.
Baolau is the best site to use for buying train tickets, they have access to the live Thai Railways booking engine, so you can easily see availability, timetables and prices.
Payment can be made using international credit cards and PDF confirmation tickets are sent to your email address within a few minutes. This is the actual ticket you need to board the train, so there’s no need to exchange it at the station before travel. You may prefer to print the pdf out, but it’s also fine to show it on your mobile phone to the conductors and station staff.
How far ahead you can book depends on the train and how much of the route you ride. For full details on booking windows, see the when to book Thailand train tickets guide.
Hua Hin to Nakhon Pathom train tickets
About the route
The trains leave Hua Hin from just after midnight, with a run of departures between about 00:14 and 06:40, so you can leave after a late dinner and be in Nakhon Pathom for breakfast. In the daytime there are fewer, with an Ordinary train at 12:47, an Express at 14:36 and a couple of slower services later on, the last at 16:38.
Many travellers on this route are heading back toward Bangkok and break the trip to see the large stupa at Nakhon Pathom. It is a sensible way to use a morning, as the temple is close to the station and the town is quiet early in the day. If you are going on to Kanchanaburi, the branch line to Nam Tok leaves the main railway at Nong Pladuk Junction, the station before Nakhon Pathom on this run, and some of the slower trains stop there.
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