Good morning and how are you doing today? It's another beautiful day we are in
Thailand and today we're going to catch the train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. the
night train.
And welcome to Bangkok railway station Hua Lamphong the main railway station
for travelling around the country [Thailand]. Arrived here to give you a quick tour
I've got an hour before my train to Chiang Mai arrives I'll give you a quick
look around the station so you can get your bearings if you need to get a
ticket here or find anything so main hall first thing you'll find when you
come in two places for buying tickets the left hand side is for tickets that
are for today the right hand side is for tickets that are for in the future
ie not today so we can be on you can buy tickets up to 60 days in advance also in
the station you will find here just on the right hand side a train information
desk, it's the only people to believe in the airport lots of people will come up
to you and tell you trains are canceled or full and try and get you to take mini
bus and things like that but if you want any real information come and talk to
them at the Train information, nice and easy. Now to find your train
there's big display boards up here and over there which have on them and it
alternates between Thai and English you just have to wait it tells you the type
of train where it's going to the platform that it's going to be on and it
scheduled departure time so you look up there for that information going
actually onto the train is this big doorway between the two ticket booths
right, oh hold on, get the children out the way, right here so when you've got your
ticket, you know your platform, you come in through here
like this and you're in the main railway station
now at the end of each platform and I think this is my train which is just
arriving which is good there is a big notice with all the information on the
platform number at the top, the Train number, any delays and it's departure
time so departure, this is my train, we're
platform four, train nine, six o'clock
at the end of each carriage there is this area here it's three toilets and wash hand basins
Good evening, welcome to the night train to Chiang Mai
I'm in the second class sleeper
it's very roomy, this is all mine
it's two seats during the daytime and then they come round about two hours
after you've been on the train, earlier if you request it
and convert it into two beds this is the lower bunk
up there is the upper bunk
the lower bunk is slightly bigger, and costs 100 baht more
upper bunk doesn't, and has the window which has it's advantages and disadvantages, the upper bunk
doesn't have a window and it's closer to the light.
You've got these curtains that pull accross
and a really nice pillow
a sheet, nice warm blanket because it is air-con on the train so
I brought some layers and sleeves so
take some things change into as it gets colder, then you can lay back, chill
and enjoy
a good sleep, I hope. Unfortunately the trade lights in the middle do stay on
but you've got this curtain you can pull across
good night