THAILAND FIRST CLASS PRIVATE SLEEPER / BANGKOK TO SURAT THANI REVIEW
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Hello and welcome back to Thailand for my first sleeper train adventure in the country!
Today we'll be taking an overnight ride in a private first class compartment, from Bangkok to Surat Thani, gateway to the islands of Koh Phanang & Koh Samui, two of the biggest Thai holiday hotspots... I hope you enjoy the video!
Date of Filming: 29 to 30/8/22
Camera: GoPro Hero 10 Black
Operator: SRT (Thai Railways)
Departure: Bangkok, Thailand
Arrival: Surat Thani, Thailand
Cost: 1,139 Thai Baht, x2 for private compartment (£28.23, €31.89, $33.48)
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Can you smoke on the train ??
@@sirknighter2794 no
Fab trip. Went to Thailand for our honeymoon years ago. If we were going now, this is the kind of trip we'd do.. Good to hear dining cars are returning. A must for a sleeper...
Absolutely Mark, and I'll try the new ones next time! 😁
Thailand has got the best views with the railway line passing through the jungle.
Malaysia is good too 😁
Only in the northern line that you can experience the jungle and mountainous. the other line mostly are the vast plain and plantation especially in the south is the para rubber plantation instead of the jungle (as a Thai myself, disappointed too).
You are one of my top 3 CZcams channels!
Thank you.
Thanks very much Chris! May I ask what the other two are? 🤗
Another really interesting and enjoyable video with plenty of spectacular scenery. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Sandra ☺️
Looks like a fantastic trip to undertake that sunrise was beautiful, super post
Many thanks! 🙏🏻
The scenery was luscious and beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Wonderful views along the trip. Thanks for the inspiration.
Glad you enjoyed it 😌
Brings back many pleasant memories of Thailand. The further off the beaten tourist track you get, you're on a different planet. Thanks for a (different from normal) video.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I know Suratthani station very well. In 2018 we went from Koh Samui to the Malay border. Our train from Bangkok was 8 hours late, finally picking us up around 4am. The benches on the platform were not in the least bit comfortable so very little sleep was had. Playing card games and drinking Singha beer helped.
Still the most fun way to travel and the Thai night trains, while a little worse for wear, are a good way to meet people and get a decent night’s sleep.
Thanks for bringing back the memories. I hope you enjoyed Koh Samui!
sausagelord@.. what makes you think the Thai railway company should be putting leather couch on their train platform.. may be you should sue them for not putting aircon as well for your Lordship conveniences.. Jesus Christ so freaking pretentious..
Absolutely LOVED IT 😍
What a great train. it seemed very quiet in your room. The view in the morning was amazing. Thanks..
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Excellent video & overnight train ride !
Thank you very much! 😁
My first sleeper 2nd class in Thailand was from the border of Malaysia to Bangkok. I was very impressed that I wrote to theSRT praising them. I received a very nice letter from them thanking me for my praise. This was in 1974! As a backpacker I managed to take a shower and do some laundry, enjoyed the Thai food on the train
Thanks for sharing!
I’d call the onboard accommodation as basic and glad to hear dining cars are scheduled to return 😉. Good on you that the a/c was plentiful! But oh that scenery! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Rob! 😃🇹🇭
Another great travel adventure!
Glad you enjoyed it David 🙂
Thanks for reawakening lovely memories Nonstop! When I went to the islands about two years ago, you took a bus to the left of the station exit, which took you to Talat Kaset in Surat Thani city center, and that’s where you could find agencies with reasonable shuttles and ferries to the islands. And coffee! The distances are much further than you’d think.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻
but an amazing landscape!
Hi, I'm a time traveller & I travelled in time from just before 1.00 PM CET today (Today it's Friday) to 10.44 AM CET Yesterday to watch this video before anyone could watch it.
And to leave a proof of this travel in time, I commented this at about 10.45 AM CET the day before the video was released to all the public on this CZcams channel
Comment from 1d ago, and this video is up for just 19hrs now. Makes sense😶
Super time traveller Pedro 😁
I love to watching your amazing video. Thanks for sharing with us my friend. Wish you have a great day and more success.
Thank you! You too!
What gorgeous views! Thx.
Glad you enjoyed it
congratulations for 65k subscribers
Thank you so much 😀
Nice video, great work! 🙏 What time you departed from BKK an what time you have arrived in Syra Thani?
All the information is in the video
Great vídeo again!!
Thanks 👍🏻
Great video !!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
nice video and trip non stop eurotrip you are the best
Thank you so much 😀
Taking an overnight Bangkok train to Su-ngai Kolok near the Thai-Malaysia border soon after I did one in 2018! Its pretty cool to see this view!
Great videos. Wish you would add America to your train trips sometime. You would love the Rocky Mountains.
Maybe one day!
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
I have friends at this moment taking the night train from Bangkok to Hua Hin .. boy, this looks wonderful!
Hope they enjoy it!
Live here many years without air con. I do not understand why foreigners need to be cold.
I've done this journey from Surat Thani to Bangkok. I think this was the first night train journey I did. My journey was very basic, I didn't have a compartment, it was an open second class sleeper. I enjoyed it for the novelty.
That route passes through a city called Nakhon Pathom (About 90 mins west of Bangkok). Got a mate who lives there and I've taken a regional/commuter DMU from NP to Bangkok too.
Train is the best way to travel in Thailand
I completely agree, thanks for sharing Martin!
...good day. when you traveled from Surat Thani to Bangkok, was it difficult to get a 1st or 2nd class sleeper ticket? is it possible to buy one at the Surat Thani train station?
About 25 years ago I caught a 2nd class sleeper from Nongkhai to Bangkok. It looked exactly the same as the one you showed 😁.
Maybe the same one 😜
these sleepers are produced in the 90's. so very much possibe :)
Nice video. I like it all the time. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
Thank you! Cheers! 😁
In here, Arau railway station is a gateway to Langkawi Island, you can take 2 city bus to the pier
Great trip , Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Nice video ❤️
Me and the Missus have done Chiang Mail - BKK around 16 years ago and Surat Thani - BKK around 6 years ago. Did both in a 2 bed. 1st Class compartment, enjoyed both experiences 👍👍
EDIT: That's overnight trains. Done BKK to Kanchanaburi on the day time train around 10 years ago as well.
Thanks for sharing!
Miss you
Hua Lum Pong
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Bom dia lindo trem tailandia primeira classe private lugar bem lindo
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Been a while sends I was on a sleeper train in Thailand (second class) time to go back ones. Nice report
Cool, thanks 😌
Great video from you. In year 2000, I did travel by a sleeper train (Thai's train) from Butterworth Malaysia crossing the border at Padang Besar to Bangkok Thailand. The train departed at 14.00 from Butterworth and arrived at Hua Lamphong station Bangkok around 13.00 the next day. That was a very good experience.
Very cool! We're doing the same thing soon 😉
Not sure if the same direct train service from Butterworth to Bangkok is still in operation@@NonstopEurotrip
Wow wonderful 😊😊🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you! Cheers!
The video shows an older model of the first-class sleeper train. As many people have heard, there is a newer version of the CNR sleeper train available that is more modern but also more expensive.
Indeed. Video coming up soon!
Super bro 👍
Thanks 🤗
Great sir 👍 good job 🙏
Thanks and welcome 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Amazing train❤ anyway i reccomend to you for try indonesian luxury sleeping train gen 1& Panoramic train. That's so comfortable
I'll check it out soon 😸
Sleeper trains to Chiang Mai, Hat Yai and Udon Thani have newer Chinese built coaches which are slightly better. These newer trains already have dining cars reinstated
Only just tho. There is also one on this route.
Great trip. I'm curious, are you also making Ferry trip report to Koh Samui Island? That's very convenient travel, started from Bangkok night, and arriving in the Morning which is nice. And yeah in some part of area only single track available with metre gauge.
I went to Koh Samui, but didnt film it! 😆
@@NonstopEurotrip Ahh okay
You never showed us the shower/toilet facilities, or were there none? Also, are you continuing down to Singapore? Excellent work, thank you!
There are - but not the most pleasent experience...
No idea no I missed that out! The toilets and showers were both ok actually!🚿
Nice trip by train 😊🤗😉👍
Thank you! 😃
I have taken 4 trips in the first class BKK - Chiang Mai and return and once in the 2nd class sleeper. This was quite a long time ago (two decades). The service was good, but the ride was not smooth due to the track condition. Maybe it is better now.
Excellent! Things have definitely changed for the better now ☺️
The entire station layout and coach setup is very similar to the indian stations
The stainless steel fluting looks like Amtrak's Budd-built Amfleet cars.
With a splash of colour 🙂
Sleepers are built from Hitachi with diesel generators underneath for the A/C power
@@iks77 No, some of them (the stainless steel sleeper car) are made by Tokyu or Kinki sharyo, but mostly from Korean Manufacturers (Daewoo, Hyundai) ant the first class one are Hyundai
Except a brand new one (with red/pink stripe on it's side and have a red seat) are made by CNR (now CRRC) from China
I took the Chiang Mai - Bangkok sleeper in 1st class a few months ago. The ride was so bumpy I thought the train was going to de-rail throughout the night, and couldn't sleep for more than an hour before being shaken awake. But then I was in the 1st carriage right behind the locomotive, and the room was above the bogie, so not sure if this would have caused the rough ride.
Thanks for sharing ☺️
Front is the most stable
That brings back memories! What are they going to do with the building in 5 years?
I honestly don't know!
They will going to make it be secondary main station(for some ordinary, commuter ,spacial historic train route) and Thai train museum.
interesting. when i rode before covid car attendent didnt make up beds until 2 hours after we departed/ but at that time the diner was open.
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Have you tried the Christchurch to Greymouth in New Zealand
I haven't, yet!
Очень живописная дорога среди джунглей 👍
Absolutely 😁
khu khot and ekamai are stations
Have you reviewed GWR or Midland Pullman dining?
Not yet....!
Good value. $67 for hotel room and transport.
Why was train running 1-hour late? Was there a mechanical problem during the night or freight interference?
I have no idea, I was asleep 😅
It was a single track system unlike us from southern neighbor which was already using electrified twin track system that mean on single track system if one train is delayed that would also delay other train waiting at the station. On twin track system one track one direction and the delay usually have minimal impact.
One hour is quite punctual for thai long distance trains. Its single track and not in best shape
Half the southern line is still single track and there're constructions all along the line to double track it combined with how busy it is makes it the most congested line as of now
Food is never a problem in Thailand. There's food sold everywhere.
So true 😄
Can you take the bts from khu khot to ekamai
Not my thing sorry!
หวังว่าคุณคงประทับใจสำหรับรถไฟทางไกลชั้น 1 ของไทยสำหรับผู้โดยสาร เพลิดเพลินบนเส้นทางสายใต้ของไทยกับบรรยากาศธรรมชาติเขตร้อนชื้น ประเทศไทยยินดีต้อนรับ 🇹🇭
I'll be trying the new ones soon 😃
What's the gauge of this line? From the window it looks somehow narrowish.
Thailand has 1000mm gauge
@@iks77 Then my eye didn't deceive me. Tnx.
Yes, all metre gauge.
@@NonstopEurotrip Except Skytrain, MRT and Airport Rail Link...
@@iks77 that's metro, not rail.
...at the end of 2023, a train from Cancún to Palenque Chiapas in Mexico will be Open...could be an excellent oportunity to visit.
I hope to do so 👍🏻🙂
That sleeper cabin hasn't changed since I last used it in 2011! They still have bloody mask mandates in Thailand!
I have been on sleeper trains on Bangkok to Nong Khai, Bangkok to Udon Ratchthani, Bangkok to Khun Tan, Bangkok to Sungai Kolok, Bangkok to Butterworth. In some cases part of these routes multiple times.
Not a mask mandate, optional. Mainly for air quality recently
What did the guard / police officer pull you up for?
No mask
At least Australia has got rid of all these mask mandates months ago!
The UK, 18 months ago.
Due to this China virus (COVID 19), pantry service in railway service took a major setback. Hopefully things will resume back to normal as Indian railways are still struggling on this aspect. Travel time, travel pleasure has improved but indoor catering has gone to dogs 😭
Hopefully 🙏🏻
Bangkok is a city in India right
Ummmmmmmmmm
What train number was this?
EX85
Didn’t see any handicapped info this time?
Sorry if I missed it!
Fun fact: Surat Thani station is not in Surat Thani, but in Phunphin.
Indeed 😌
อายจัง รถไฟเราเก่ามาก สู้รถไฟทางยุโรปไม่ได้เลย
I still love them 🤩💕
So no showers? Would have loved to see the toilets!
The one video I don't show them 😆
The new train station is ghastly. Unless you like black and gray and impersonal architecture. Probably the Chinese had their hands in the construction. In fact, all the way south ugly new, oversized stations have replaced quaint stations, totally unneeded for these small towns. The palms were greased.
It was necessary for future proofing
Visit indonesia please...
naughty boy getting told off
😆😆😆
I wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping in the dorm style beds. Plus being a tall European I doubt I'd fit tbh.
I fit just fine and I'm 185cm. Done it loads of times!
How about a toilet review?
I don't know how I missed that out. There was one, and a shower. They were ok. Clean enough
I really dislike how the bed is made up so early. I like to sit until at least 9 30pm. It depends on the steward, some are much more accommodating for a ฿100 tip!
You can just fold it away
When they lift the Vaping ban i will go back.
Well, they won't...
They sell alcohol in 1st first class but the lower class are not allowed wtf
It definitely wasn't an official service 🙃
It is illegal to drink alcohol on any Thai train.
If you get caught...
So you are a crook then if you dont want to abide with Thailands laws. Shame on you. Perhaps you should look into why alcohol is banned. It happened on that very train.
for a coast trip, no coast was seen...
Try the metro north in NY. Water touch views for 2 hrs. Or the one in california coast. In tropical low lying areas the engineers wont lay tracks next to water as frequent flooding will impact the engines. Tropics receive very harsh rainfall.
Blame the engineers
it actally passes very close to the sea for quite some time, but on this train it happens during the night
13:54 security camera found
😆
It is in theory, at least, illegal to drink alcohol on all Thai trains!!
That must be a recent change as the dining cars were more like a pub in the evening on most thai long distance trains.
Only if you get caught.....
1:56 This man is complaining about your mask it seems. I wondered, but you gave the info in the text - thanks! (29. bis 30.8.22) I hear Thailand considers to get the money back as the princess is in coma. Not even half a year and all is changed. -- We once stuck in a train for 16 hours somewhere south of Chiang Mai. Trains are the one thing, which are not reliable there. So I never tried again.
I've had no major problems,but yes, things do go wrong
I’m surprised they sell beer on the trains again. The unverified but repeated story goes, a few years ago a drunk Thai train attendant raped a girl and threw her out the window. Hence, in all the Thai Railway’s wisdom, alcohol, on board and at the stations was prohibited. I was actually yelled at by an attendant for having a beer on board, unknowing of the new regs. I grew up in Bangkok in the 50s but find the Thais, not all of course, far less friendly than almost all SE Asian countries. But newbie tourists love it- the beach, the cheap street food, etc. Most or many of us long-termers say of Thailand, no money, no smile. The difference between Yangon and BKK is remarkable, in my humble opinion. For example, the difference between the van drivers to Penang and those in Mexico is night and day. The Mexicans are warm and friendly, the Thais like carrying pigs to market. But alas, Thailand has good hospitals and dentists.
They don't
The station you have now disabled. and going to use at a bigger station at Bang Sue .And the fact that the train you take is not 1st class. It's more like a 2nd class because the 1st floor is gray and not purple.
All this information is in the video.
Great video, really helpful. I'm planning to take the same trip with my family. I have a question, have you bought tickets from the station or from online prior to your visit?
Thanks!
Unfortunately not, you have to book eas early as possible after they go on sale 30 days in advance of travel, because it they do sell out, especially first class
📢Choose the party #KaoKlai, 440 seats, trains, cars, motorcycles, all industries "Thai brands" for Thai people to have jobs lll🍊🍊🍊
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Forgot your mask didn't you!
Nope.
@@NonstopEurotrip Sorry I meant that you forgot to wear you mask!!!!
@@kymmoulds Nope.
Born once in a lifetime on this planet Everyone should find the opportunity to ride Thai trains. once I am from this country Used the service 1 time and there won't be a next time Because it's the most wonderful time. 40 years ago, how will it be in 100 years or 300 years, it will be the same. The distance may not reach 500km. But believe me, it's like taking passengers across from Vaal to the surface of the moon. may be as long as across the universe and should not go down on the way I think so because he cares about every life when we pass the Thai train We will be born again. After stepping off the train..amen
Thanks for sharing ☺️
cheap, but NOT fast....
Yes to masks? No to viewing video.
Thanks for watching!
No audio?
Works fine on mine!