Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is main long distance bus station in Khon Kaen. Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is the station to go to or a long distance direct bus service to destinations such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai and border with Myanmar at Mae Sot. Direct bus services from Khon Kaen to Vientiane in Laos also depart from Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3.

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 1, the old long distance bus terminal in Khon Kaen City Centre, closed in 2017. Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 2 (also known as the ‘Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal’) remains open with minivan services to neighbouring towns and cities, such as Udon Thani, and limited range of long distance bus services to destinations such as Bangkok. Eventually all long distance bus services will only depart from Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3, which is an out of town bus terminal, as the city’s authorities are keen to ease congestion in Khon Kaen City Centre.

About Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is a large and relatively modern bus terminal used by several large bus companies, included the government owned Transport Co, and a selection of minivan operators with services to destinations within the North Eastern Region of Thailand.

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is a spacious, clean and well run facility, and much better in every way than other major bus stations in the North Eastern Region such as Udon Thani Bus Terminal 1 or Sakon Nakhon Bus Terminal 2.

Travel to Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is located a long way from Khon Kaen City Centre. Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is 8.1 km by road to the south of the Chao Por Lak Muang Khon Kaen Shrine in Khon Kaen City Centre.

The cheapest and most comfortable way to travel between Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 and Khon Kaen City Centre is by meter taxi. On the meter the journey will cost you 80 to 90 THB depending on your precise destination and the amount of traffic.

Location of Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is located 7.5 km to the south of Khon Kaen Railway Station, which is located in Khon Kaen City Centre.

Facilities at Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 has just about every type of facility you might need but no bookshop or left luggage facility.

Facilities at Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 1 include:

• Toilets at several locations within the station.
• A Family Mart convenience store on site, and 7-Eleven convenience store on the road opposite the entrance to the bus station.
• Plenty of covered open air seating near the bus platforms.
• Large food court to the left hand side of the passengers terminals.

Buy Tickets at the Bus Station

Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is a large station with two passenger terminals and large number of separate ticket offices. There is no single ticket office for all companies or all destinations. Each company has its own ticket office. A number of different companies will all provide services to popular destinations such as Bangkok, however, for destinations which have a lower level of passengers then normally only one bus company will provide bus services to that destination.

The best strategy for finding the right ticket office at Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 is trial and error. Go to one of the ticket offices and ask whether they have a bus going to your destination. If they say ‘no’ then ask them to point you to a ticket office which does. You will eventually get your bus ticket but a bit of perseverance is required. Unlike bus stations, such as Hat Yai Bus Station, which have large numbers of foreign visitors passing though, Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 gets fewer foreign visitors and they haven’t yet worked out how to accommodate non-Thai speaking customers particularly well. You may find it easier simply to book your tickets online before you go to the station.

Buy Tickets Online

Use the Search Box below to buy your tickets from Khon Kaen to Bangkok and other destinations in Thailand.

For destinations other than Bangkok enter the name of destination into the box which currently says ‘Bangkok’.

Bus to Chiang Mai

There are 5 bus services a day from Khon Kaen to Chiang Mai available to book online.

• Tickets: Buy tickets from Khon Kaen to Chiang Mai.
• Timetable of Bus services from Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 to Chiang Mai:

• Journey Time: The journey by bus takes from 11 to 13 hours depending upon which bus service you take.

Bus to Mae Sot

There is a single company operating bus services from Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 to Mae Sot whose tickets you can book online.

• Tickets: Buy tickets from Khon Kaen to Mae Sot.
• Timetable of Bus services from Khon Kaen to Mae Sot:

• Journey Time: The journey by bus takes 10 hours 45 minutes.

Bus to Tak

There are 2 bus services a day with Esan Tour from Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3 to Mae Sot.

• Tickets: Buy tickets from Khon Kaen to Tak.
• Timetable of Bus services from Khon Kaen to Tak:

• Journey Time: The journey by bus takes 8 hours.