Rail link from Airport to Pratunam

I don't know if this has been covered but l experienced the new rail service between Pratunam and the airport ( 4 stops in between)in recent days and it is going to benefit those who are caught on an extended flight connection who can now duck into the city area or any other area which runs off this link. It officially opens on 23.08.10. Baggage storage at the airport is 100Baht for the day. A nice adjunct to visiting Bangkok without having to fight the gridlock

Thanks for posting that Trekkertony.

Maybe that will also introduce another related question, which hotels are close to stations on the rail link, or close to stations on the rail link, which also have some nightlife.

Hallo Folks,

I alway,s stay at Nasa Vegas Hotel, just oposite the new station (Ask room in the back of the hotel, the front can be noicy when the train to Northern&southern Thailand(?) pass by!, clean aircon rooms, good bed, friendly staf, non smoking restaurant&bar, fitness centrum with sauna,massage, jacuzi, 24 hours room service, etc, (iff you have laptop login via the open university ... rooms up from 690 Bath. Ask member card so you cane have a super deluxe room for 800 Bath(?) normaly 990Bath, next stay.

Mini marked and taxi stand in front (the hotel managment keep a eye on them and ATM from major branches just on the other side of the street in UB Tower (pronounce "UB Towel").

Avoid the private laundry service oposite the hotel!

There is a verry good Isaan restaurant with live English&Thai music, oposite the hotel next to the UB tower (pronounce "UB Towel" otherwise the will not understand you), Name of the restaurant "Trainstation", Love the spicy fish, Isaan hot And the salted bq fish

Night&day marked about 200 meter away. But there is a bigger and more interestet marked near the university on Ramkhamhaeng Road.

Iff you need taxi fore a long distance P.E. Southernbusstation, Kanchanaburi or Udon, ask the staffmember outside the hotel. The price wil be significant lower!

Taxi Ekamai&Chakuchak Bus Terminal (+- 50 and 100 Bath), airport about 15&20 minutes away (200 bath?).

Taxi to Nana, Soi Cowboy -100 Bath depend trafic (ask to drive via the Petchchaburi Road, otherwise the wil take you via Sekhumvit Road.

Iff you need a brand new Mercedes, Honda, Volvo or Lexus, the shops are just behind the corner ...

Close to Bangkapi (bus 59 aircon) busnumber 40, to Soi Cowboy, Nana, Hualampong Train Station, Royal Palace, Khaosan area and southern busstation. Why take taxi in the traficjam Iff you come from Bangkapi or centrum Bkk ask fore "UB Towel" the name of the busstop oposite the hotel.

Busses oposite the hotel to every interesting place in BKK.

River taxi on Sapan "Klongtun" Pier, +- 800 meter from the hotel, to Bangkapi and Soi Cowboy, Nana Nuang, with a stopover in "Phatunam" iff you like to go at the clothing marked and to "Pan Fra" and a furter 500 meter walk to Khao San area. The name between "*" is how you pronounced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khlong_Saen_Saeb

All the above prices can vary, so ...

The hotel web-site with more information, rooms, prices, photos, location map, etc.

http://www.nasavegashotel.com/index.html

Please keep a room free fore me

Frans.

What a superb report.

Thank you Frans.

rode the train out to the airport and back today for fun.. We took the "slow" train which stops at each station.. End to end from Phayathai BTS station to the Airport station was 30 minutes. the train leaves from either end every 15 minutes. Special Promotion cost till Jan 1st "15 Baht" one way. The Airport end station is underneath the area where the public taxis pick folks up.. You just walk to the end of the ground floor and you'll see the signs and elevator going down to the train station. There's also a Subway restaurant and a coffee shop adjacent to the station. I tried to talk the wife into taking the "Express" whici is one way "promotion" price of 100 Baht but she wouldn't go for it, so we didn't go to Makkasan..

It was clean, fast and the only complaint I have is the bloody tours make a huge "bang!!" when they close..

It's neatly connected to the BTS at Phayathai station so getting from the airport to Phayathai and then down to Sukhumvit would probably take less than an hour and cost 15 Baht (till Dec 31st) for the train and about 30 Baht for BTS skytrain.

Thanks fore the folowing post, FraZeeDK; "The Airport end station is underneath the area where the public taxis pick folks up.. You just walk to the end of the ground floor and you'll see the signs and elevator going down to the train station". Becaurse even on the http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com/to_f ... mta_en.php is nothing marked about this.

I still cant see people with a 20 kg luggage and a hand carry wishing to jump on the BTS to then reach the interchange and then check in etc and take the ride.

Backpackers will, coz its cheaper than a taxi, but .....

I want to read a report of someone who has used it from Sukhumvitt eg , and used the check in facilities at the BTS station and then arrived at the airport for the flight and had their luggae arriove at their final port of call.

bkk post 10th sep. readers letter, flew into the airport with heavy bag and decided to try the new train. his advice was if you have luggage take a taxi.

Taxi from Lumpini to Makkasan, was dropped - with luggage - almost in the train. Very easy, quiet, fast and tidy.

Took the express train from Makkasan to airport with luggage. Didn't check in the luggage at Makkasan, that service not yet available.

Normally I pay around 400 baht incl highway tolls, now I alltogether only paid 200 baht.

But for 200 baht I may decide later that I am too lazy to change at Makkasan and drive straight to the ap.

Anyway, nice service and efficient as well.

the mans main complaint was luggage carts could not be taken onto the platform at the airport, luggage can only be stowed on the first and last carriage, at makkasan there were no luggage carts and only escalators and outside there were no taxis. here the man seems a fool as he has arrived rush hour and with a heavy suitcase he then travels useing the mrt and the bts which of course were packed.

Dont see him as a fool at all to be honest, a victim of a poorly planned and hugely expensive white elephant as far as airport commuters are concerned.. For the normal commuter living out there etc, fantastic.

What committee would have thought that people travelling to and from the airport might need some form of luggage assistance at both ends.