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By Car
From Bangkok, take Highway No. 1 to Saraburi and Highway
No. 2 to Udonthani via Nakhon Ratchasima and Khon Kaen Provinces,
a total distance of 564 kilometers.
By Bus
Buses for Udon leave Bangkok's Northern Bus Terminal
(Mochit 2 Bus Terminal) throughout the day from 5 a.m. to
11 p.m. The journey takes around 10 to 11 hours and the fare
is 145 baht for regular buses (260 baht for air-conditioned
buses). Contact Transport Co. Ltd at Tel: 0-2936-2852-66 for
more information.
Buses leave the main bus terminal in Khorat every half hour
during the day and arrive in Udon five hours later. The cost
is 81 baht for regular buses (146 baht for air-conditioned
buses).
There are buses running between Udonthani and other provinces
such as Nong Khai, Loei, Khon Kaen, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom
and Ubon Ratchathani. The buses leave Udonthani Bus Terminal
every 40 minutes.
By Train
Trains depart from Bangkok's Hua Lamphong Railway
Station to Udonthani every day. Call 1690, 0 2223 7010-20
for more information. The 8.30 p.m. Nong Khai Express (No.
69) from Bangkok arrives in Udonthani at 6.33 a.m. on the
next day. Rapid trains leave Bangkok on the Nong Khai line
at 6.15 a.m. and 7 p.m. arriving in Udonthani at 3.56 p.m.
and 5.15 a.m. The first class fare is 457 baht, 2nd class
is 219 baht and 3rd class is 95 baht plus applicable charges
for sleeper and express services. In the reverse direction
the No. 4 express leaves Udon at 7 p.m.
By Air
Thai Airways has several daily flights connecting
Bangkok with Udonthani. For more information, contact their
Bangkok office at tel. 0-2280-0060, 0-2628-2000 or visit their
website at www.thaiairways.com.
Phuket Air provides daily flight services from Bangkok to
Udonthani. There is also a flight on every Sunday, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday leaving from Udonthani to Chiang Mai.
The flight time is 1.25 hours. For more information, contact
their Bangkok office at tel: 0-2679-8999 or visit its website
at www.phuketairlines.com
Nok Air offers three daily flights from Bangkok to Udonthani.
The flight time is 1.05 hours. Call 1318 or book online at
www.nokair.com
Air Asia operates two daily flights from Bangkok to Udonthani.
The flight takes one hour. For more information, Call 02 515
9999 or visit www.airasia.com
for more details.
Travelling around Udonthani
By Bus
A hassle free way to get around the city is by the
city bus. The most useful city bus for visitors is the yellow
bus No. 2, which plies a route from the No. 2 bus terminal,
south along Suphakit Janya road and then east along Pho Si
road past the Charoen Hotel. The No. 6 bus runs between the
No. 2 bus terminal and Rangsina Market, while bus No. 23 runs
between bus terminals Nos. 1 and 2. The fare for all city
buses is 4 baht.
By Car
The car rental places opposite the Udon Hotel offers
sedan, jeeps and vans for hire starting at around 1,200 baht.
By Sam lor
Sam lors drivers in Udonthani practically doubled
their rates overnight when 50 Americans arrived to work on
the VOA station outside the town in 1990-91, apparently the
engineers were throwing their dollars around with abandon.
With a permanent contingent of VOA employees in the area,
just about any farang (foreigner) who happens to pass through
Udonthani will have to deal with this two tier price system.
Reasonable fares are 10 baht to 15 bahts per kilometer.
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