Khao San Road to Siam Square Bus

The area around the Khao San Road is not connected to either the BTS (skytrain) or MRT (Metro) which means you have only three transport options for travel from the Khao San Road to Siam Square:

• Taxi or Tuk Tuk
• Riverboat and then BTS
• Local bus

The local bus service is much cheaper than a taxi or tuk-tuk from the Khao San Road to Siam Square. Taxis and tuk-tuks operating in the Khao San Road are notorious for only offering high fixed fare rather than using their meters and typically foreigners will pay 150 THB for the journey.

Khao San Road to Siam Square Bus

The easiest bus stop to get to from the Khao San Road is on the Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, which is the main two lane road which runs parallel to the Khao San Road one block to the south. You will recognise this road easily as Democracy Monument is located on the Ratchadamnoen Klang Road. The bus you need to take is one which is travelling towards Democracy Monument.

There are three different bus services which go from the Ratchadamnoen Klang Road bus stop to Siam Square: 15, 47, and 49. Other routes of interest from this bus stop include services to Don Mueang Airport (Bus #59 & Bus #A4) and to the Southern Bus Terminal (Bus #511).

Important things to know about bus services to Siam Square:

• The fare from the bus stop near Khao san Road to Siam Square is 8 THB, which you pay to the conductor on the bus.
• Bus services operate every day from 05:00 to 23:00.
• The bus is not air-conditioned and the main ventilation is from opening the window.
• The seating is comfortable enough on these types of bus.

Lots of people say that local bus services in Bangkok are too unpleasant to use. We disagree. For short journeys in Bangkok the cheap local bus services are well worth using, easier to figure out that you may imagine, and a lot better than trying to walk in the heat of a normal day in Bangkok.

We recommend that you alight from the bus at the bus stop opposite Supachalasai Stadium on the Rama 1 Road which is before the traffic lights at probably the busiest intersection in Thailand. From there it is short walk to the MBK Shopping Centre, or the National Stadium BTS station, via the elevated walkway over the road. See below for a map.

The journey time on the bus from near the Khao San Road is 30 to 45 minutes either way, depending upon the traffic. The bus themselves move fast enough, what slows the journey down is the congestion at the traffic lights on route. Any vehicle travelling on the same route is going to go at the same speed as a local bus and what makes travelling by taxi or tuk-tuk quicker is that they will take indirect routes designed to avoid the traffic jams as far as is possible. If you have the time then you can save up to 284 THB on a return journey from the Khao San Road area to Siam Square by taking a bus instead of hiring a taxi or tuk-tuk.

Location of the Khao San Road Bus Stop

The closest bus stop to the Khao San Road for service to Siam Square is the Khok Wua 2 Intersection Bus Stop on the Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, 230 metres walking distance away from the centre of the Khao San Road.

Siam Square Bus Stop

Alight from the bus at the bus stop opposite the Supachalasai Stadium on the Rama 1 Road, entitled ‘Bangkok Art and Culture Centre’ on the bus stop sign.