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Chao Phraya Express shuttle boats in Bangkok
Chao Phraya Express boats
Chao Phraya Express boats system is one Bangkok's transportation options. With it you can discover the city from another angle, the river side. It is disorienting even if tours on the khlongs (small channels), we strongly recommend, are more impressive.
Tickets can be purchased on the dock or directly on board from the attendant who passes by, signaling their arrival by shaking the small metal cylinder containing their change. A flat fare of 16 baht on the orange line and 21 THB on the yellow line (regardless of the destination). These are the two most useful lines for tourists as they serve, among other places, the Grand Palace and the Temple of Buddha Emerald and Wat Pho, temple of the reclining Buddha in Bangkok. Otherwise, the price can go up to 35 baht for longer journeys (for example, with the Green Flag Boats which only operate on weekdays and go as far as Pak Kret near Koh Kret Island). It gets very crowded, so if you take it along the way, especially near Bangkok's main tourist attractions, you'll have little chance of finding a seat.
Most important stops are Sathorn connected with BTS (Skytrain) and Ta Tien close to Wat Pho and Chang Ta close to Bangkok Grand Palace. Choose to arrive to these monuments by the river provides an interesting overview before visiting them in detail and also eanbles to discover Wat Arun , on shore, opposite to Wat Pho
Chao Phraya Express is connected toBangkok BTS skytrain at Saphan Taksin station.
Timetalbe of Chao Express Boat service
Practical information
Chao Phraya Express boats run from 6am to 6pm or 7pm on weekdays and from 7:30am to approximately 5pm on weekends depending on the color of the line's flag (see timetable table above).Chao Phraya Express Hotline: 02 623 6001
Website: www.chaophrayaexpressboat.com
Other public transport in Bangkok
Bangkok skytain
The Bangkok Skytrain is called BTS. The trains have air condition and let you go over the heavy road traffic in the capital but you can not go everywhere even if connected to the Chao Phraya Express baots, it can let you go to major temples in Bangkok.
Bangkok metro
Bangkok subway is called MRT. The metro line only covers a small part of the city even if connected to the BTS it offers more opportunities. The MRT is veru clean, has air conditioned cars and is especially convenient to get to Hua Lamphong station.
Bangkok bus lines
Taking the bus to get around is clearly not the easiest mean of transportation to use for a foreign tourist in Bangkok neither the fastest one but it's the cheapest one. Bangkok bus network is wide and you can go almost anywhere but just need to be patient.
Transports Bangkok
Only Thai city for the moment to have a metro (there is metro project in Phuket), Bangkok is the city in Thailand that offers more choices of public or individual transport (metro, bus, boats, tuktuks...). No, there are not just tuk-tuks and pink taxis to get around Bangkok !
