Thailand-Malaysia cross-border train service launched

Thai Malaysia transnational train Bernama

Thailand has introduced a rail service from Hatyai to Padang Besar, which will connect with Malaysia’s express train route. The new cross-border service was jointly launched yesterday at the Hatyai railway junction in Songkhla Province by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), Bernama reports.

The initial schedule will see four trips being operated on the route daily, with the fare for the air-conditioned service being 80 baht (RM9), including that for the morning run, which departs at 7.30 am and reaches the destination at 8.25 am.

The new service – which is a significant step to support the ASEAN Community scheduled to be formed by the end of this year – will connect to six KTM express trains from Padang Besar to Butterworth, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. Passengers will undergo immigration procedures at the Padang Besar 1 station in Malaysia.

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  • JB_KIA on Dec 22, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Thai-Mesia why 80 baht? why not 9 baht? JB-Singapore RM5, Singapore to JB S$5!!!

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  • dingdong on Dec 22, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    Wonder whether got proper place for people to park their car at padang besar while taking a train ride to hatyai.

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  • Ideres Mohd Rashidin on Dec 23, 2015 at 11:24 am

    You can also take a train from Butterworth straight to Bangkok but only in sleeper coach

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  • Wisarut Bholsithi on Feb 17, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    Haz, the distance from Hatyai to Padang besar by train is just 45 km though.

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