Getting
to Trang
Click here to see Trang
Map
| Trang
can be reached by
list below : Trang offers motorcycle, or Tuk Tuk, for travel within the
municipality at 10 baht per trip. Travel between the districts can be by buses
and mini-buses or by renting vans from terminal into the city.
Train
from Bangkok station (0-2222-7010, ext.
4311-13). Rapid and express trains depart from the Bangkok Railway Station to
Trang daily at 5.05 p.m. and 6.20 p.m. respectively arrive
Trang at 8:35 a.m., taking 15 hours for the 870-kilometre journey. More
information can be obtained from Bangkok Railway Station at tel. 1690 The ticket price around
700 Baht for Air-Condition.
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By bus: The Transport Company provides
regular and air-conditioned buses daily from from the Southern Bus
Terminal (0-2434-5558, 435-1199-200) on the Pin Klao - Nakhon Chaisi
Road. or the Transport Company in Trang at tel. 075-21 8718. It takes 12
hours for the trip.
Air-conditioned buses: varying
in 3 types, depart from the Southern Bus Terminal in Bangkok to Trang every day
at the following times:
VIP 24 Seats Bus: 7 p.m. and 7.30
p.m. The price ticket is around 1,000+ Baht.
Standard 1 Bus: 7 a.m., 7 p.m.,
7.50 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Standard 2 Bus: 5 p.m.
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| By plane:
Nok
Air offers
one flight a day from Bangkok to Trang.
http://www.nokair.com
An additional early and lately flight is
added on Friday and Sunday. For reservations call 1318. The air fare for round trip is
around 3,800 Baht depend on tax
charge.
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Bangkok (Donmuang) -
Trang |
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Dep Date |
Flight
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Dep
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Arr
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Everyday |
**DD7400 |
10:20 |
11:45 |
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Tue,
Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sun |
***DD7410 |
14:25 |
15:50 |
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Trang
- Bangkok (Donmuang) |
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Dep Date |
Flight
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Dep
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Arr
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Everyday |
**DD7401 |
14:25 |
15:50 |
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Tue,
Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sun |
***DD7411 |
16:15 |
17:40 |
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More Information about Trang
Trang is a coastal province on the Indian Ocean
with a long western coastline of about 199 kilometres. The province consists of
an archipelago in the Andaman Sea with over 46 islands. Of these, 12 are in
Amphoe Kantang, 13 in Amphoe Palian and 21 in Amphoe Sikao. The best time for
sea travel is during October to May of the following year.
Trang has a total area of 4,941 square kilometres and
is divided into 9 districts (Amphoe) and 1 sub-district (King Amphoe);
Amphoe Kantang, Amphoe Huai Yot, Amphoe Yan Ta
Khao, Amphoe Palian, Amphoe Sikao, Amphoe Wang Wiset, Amphoe Na Yong, Amphoe
Ratsada, and King Amphoe Hat Samran.
Boundary
North borders Amphoe Thung Song in Nakhon Si
Thammarat and Amphoe Khlong Thom in Krabi.
South borders Amphoe Thung Wa in Satun and the Andaman Sea.
East borders Amphoe Khuan Khanun, Amphoe Kongra and Amphoe Tamot in
Phatthalung (with the Banthat mountain range dividing the provinces).
West borders Amphoe Khlong Thom in Krabi and the Andaman Sea.
Distance between Amphoe Muang and Other Districts :
Huai Yot 28 kilometres
Yan Ta Khao 23 kilometres
Sikao 33 kilometres
Na Yong 10 kilometres
Hat Samran 45 kilometres
Kantang 24 kilometres
Palian 47 kilometres
Wang Wiset 60 kilometres
Ratsada 47 kilometres
Travelling from Trang to Nearby Provinces :
Buses and hired cars link Trang and nearby
provinces, as follows:
Nakhon Si Thammarat 123 kilometres
Satun 134 kilometres
Phatthalung 56 kilometres
Krabi 131 kilometres
Hat Yai 148 kilometres
Phuket 312 kilometres
Surat Thani 226 kilometres
Phang-nga 221 kilometres
Useful Numbers :
- Police Station Tel : 0-7521-8019, 0 -7521-1311
- Trang Hospital Tel :0-7521-2241-3,
0-7521-8018
- Watthanaphaet Hospital Tel :0-7521-0585
- Railway station Tel :0-7521-8012
- Reservation office Tel :0-7521-3082
- Bus Terminal Tel :0-7521-5718
- Post Office Tel :0-7521-8521, 0-7521-8361,
0-7521-8021
- Thai Airways Tel : 0-7521-8066,
0-7521-9923
- Trang Airport Tel :0-7521-8224,
0-7521-1150
- Trang Provincial Office Tel :0-7521-8516,
0-7521-8960
- Trang Immigration Tel :0-7525-1030
- Trang Water Police Tel :0-7525-1130
- Hat Chao Mai National Park Tel
:0-7521-0099
- Mu Ko Phetra National Park (Satun Province)
Tel :0-7478-1572
- Trang Tourist Business Association Tel
:0-7521-5580
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