1. By Private Car (Self Drive) There’s more than one route to
get to Trat. The most common route, a total distance of 315
kilometres, passes through Bangna, Chonburi, Ban Bung, Klaeng,
Chantaburi and then Trat. First take Highway Number 3 (Bangna-Trat
Road) until you reach the Chonburi bypass where you can either
take the normal road or the elevated Bangkok-Chonburi tollway.
Exit from the main road and follow the Chonburi bypass that says
Pattaya-Rayong. Follow the Rayong route until you reach the Ban
Bung-Klaeng-Chantaburi and the Bang Saen-Pattaya signboards.
After that, take the Ban Bung-Klaeng-Chantaburi route, then take
the right route at Ban Bung-Klaeng junction and head for Klaeng
until you reach the Chantaburi-Rayong junction. Turn left to
Chantaburi and keep on going until you reach the Sa Kaew-Trat
junction. Finally, take the right turn to the town of Trat.
If you want to go directly to the piers without having to pass
through Trat, just look for the Laem Ngob signboard at the Laem
Ngob-Trat junction. There is a prominent PTT petrol station on
your left just after a police checkpoint. Turn right to Laem
Ngob, which is Highway Number 3156 (Laem Ngob-Sahn Tung Road).
You will then reach Ao Thammachat, the Centre Point and
Kromluang Chumphon Piers respectively.
Another alternative is to start from Rama IX Road or Srinakarin
Road, then exit after paying the second toll that leads to Ban
Bung, Klaeng, Chantaburi and finally Trat.
2. By Air-Conditioned and Ordinary Buses (Public Transfer
Services) There are 3 bus stations at
Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Ekamai Bus Station and Northern
Bus Terminal ("New Morchid" or "Mor Chit 2"), near Jatuchak
Market (JJ Market).
Ekamai Bus Station is the main bus station for travelling to
eastern provinces of Thailand (Chonburi, Pattaya, Rayong,
Chantaburi, Trat, Koh Chang), located opposite to Sukhumvit 63 (Ekamai)
which is easily accessible by the BTS Skytrain. There are
air-conditioned and ordinary buses which depart almost every
hour. The trip is about 5 hours.
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