There are 8 ways to get from Lanzhou to Thailand by bus, plane, train, or taxi
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Bus to Lanzhou, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
best- Take the bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airportbus
- Fly from Lanzhou (LHW) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane LHW - CNX
9h 10m฿3,670–17,170Train, taxi, bus
- Take the train from Lanzhou to Guangyuantrain
- Take the train from Guangyuan to Chengdu East Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chengdu East to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Vientiane stationtrain
- Take the taxi from Vientiane station to Phon Phisai District Bus Stop, Nong Khaitaxi
- Take the bus from Phon Phisai District Bus Stop, Nong Khai to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminalbus
37h 1m฿7,228–11,879Train, bus via Siem Reap
- Take the train from Lanzhou to Guangyuantrain
- Take the train from Guangyuan to Chengdu East Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chengdu East to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Vientiane stationtrain
- Take the bus from Southern Bus Station Vientiane to Chong Kov Sou Bus Station, Siem Reapbus
- Take the bus from Siem Reap Giant Ibis to Bangkok Giant Ibisbus
2d 11h฿9,471–14,275Bus to Lanzhou, fly to Suvarnabhumi Airport
- Take the bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airportbus
- Fly from Lanzhou (LHW) to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)plane LHW - BKK
9h 53m฿3,910–12,210Bus to Lanzhou, fly to Wattay International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airportbus
- Fly from Lanzhou (LHW) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane LHW - VTE
- Take the bus from Vientiane Talat Sao Station to Udon Thanibus
13h฿4,890–16,760Train to Xining, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Take the train from Lanzhou West Station to Xiningtrain
- Fly from Xining (XNN) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane XNN - CNX
11h 6m฿4,624–20,869Train, bus
- Take the train from Lanzhou to Chongqing Northtrain
- Take the train from Chongqing West to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Vientiane stationtrain
- Take the bus from Vientiane Any Hotels to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminalbus
39h 17m฿6,921–12,307Train
- Take the train from Lanzhou to Chengdu Easttrain
- Take the train from Chengdu East to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Vientiane stationtrain
- Take the train from Khamsavath station to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminaltrain 134
40h 22m฿6,330–11,906
Lanzhou (LHW) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lanzhou to Thailand is to train which costs ฿6000 - ฿12000 and takes 40h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Lanzhou to Thailand is to bus and fly which takes 9h 10m and costs ฿3600 - ฿18000.
No, there is no direct train from Lanzhou to Thailand. However, there are services departing from Lanzhou and arriving at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal via Chengdu East, Kunming South and Khamsavath station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 22m.
The distance between Lanzhou and Thailand is 2098 km.
The best way to get from Lanzhou to Thailand without a car is to train and taxi and bus which takes 37h 1m and costs ฿7000 - ฿12000.
It takes approximately 9h 10m to get from Lanzhou to Thailand, including transfers.
Lanzhou to Thailand train services, operated by China Railways D-Class, depart from Lanzhou station.
Thailand is 1h behind Lanzhou. It is currently 11:59 PM in Lanzhou and 10:59 PM in Thailand.
Lanzhou to Thailand train services, operated by China Railways D-Class, arrive at Chengdu East station.
There are 5937+ hotels available in Thailand.
What companies run services between Lanzhou, China and Thailand?
You can take a train from Lanzhou to Nitas Rattanakosin via Chengdu East, Kunming South, Vientiane station, Khamsavath station, Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal, and Bang Sue Railway Station 1 in around 40h 22m.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Lanzhou to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,100–16,000
Flights from Lanzhou to Suvarnabhumi Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,700–12,000
Flights from Lanzhou to Suvarnabhumi Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,300–13,000
Flights from Lanzhou to Wattay International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,600–21,000
- Website
- cdal.com.cn
Flights from Lanzhou to Chiang Mai International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,500–17,000
Flights from Xining to Chiang Mai International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,200–20,000
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Lanzhou to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,500–17,000
Flights from Xining to Chiang Mai International Airport via Jinghong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,100–20,000
Flights from Xining to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–28,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Lanzhou to Suvarnabhumi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–18,000
Flights from Lanzhou to Suvarnabhumi Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–18,000
Flights from Lanzhou to Wattay International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–26,000
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from Lanzhou to Chiang Mai International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,700–17,000
Flights from Xining to Chiang Mai International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,500–21,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Lanzhou to Suvarnabhumi Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,200–11,000
- Website
- chinaexpressair.com
Flights from Lanzhou to Wattay International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,000–19,000
- Website
- airchangan.com
Flights from Lanzhou to Wattay International Airport via Yichang
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–21,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Xining to Chiang Mai International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–19,000
Train from Lanzhou to Guangyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿850–1,900
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿850–1,200
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿1,300–1,900
Train from Guangyuan to Chengdu East Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿500–1,100
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿500–750
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿750–1,100
Train from Lanzhou to Guangyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿850–1,900
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿850–1,200
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿1,300–1,900
Train from Guangyuan to Chengdu East Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿500–1,100
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿500–750
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿750–1,100
Train from Lanzhou West Station to Xining
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿390–750
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿390–550
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿500–750
Train from Lanzhou to Chongqing North
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,400–3,500
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿1,400–2,000
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿2,400–3,500
Train from Lanzhou to Chengdu East
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,434–3,600
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿1,500–2,100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿2,600–3,600
Train from Guangyuan to Chengdu East Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿630–680
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿1,000–1,150
- Business Class Seat
- ฿1,400–2,100
Train from Chengdu East to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿2,400–2,700
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿2,400–2,700
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿4,000–4,400
- Business Class Seat
- ฿5,500–8,500
Train from Guangyuan to Chengdu East Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿630–680
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿1,000–1,150
- Business Class Seat
- ฿1,400–2,100
Train from Chengdu East to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿2,400–2,700
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿2,400–2,700
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿4,000–4,400
- Business Class Seat
- ฿5,500–8,500
Train from Chongqing West to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿1,800–2,497
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿1,800–2,000
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿2,900–3,200
- Business Class Seat
- ฿4,300–6,000
Train from Chengdu East to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿2,400–2,700
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿2,400–2,700
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿4,000–4,400
- Business Class Seat
- ฿5,500–8,500
- Phone
- 021-891888
- Website
- facebook.com
Train from Kunming South to Vientiane station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,200–4,600
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿2,200–2,900
- First Class
- ฿2,900–4,600
Train from Kunming South to Vientiane station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,200–4,600
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿2,200–2,900
- First Class
- ฿2,900–4,600
Train from Kunming South to Vientiane station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,200–4,600
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿2,200–2,900
- First Class
- ฿2,900–4,600
Train from Kunming South to Vientiane station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,200–4,600
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿2,200–2,900
- First Class
- ฿2,900–4,600
- Phone
- 1690
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.co.th
Train from Khamsavath station to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿210–900
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- railway.co.th
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿600–900
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ฿220–270
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿210–270
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- ฿520–570
- Phone
- 0931-96556
- Website
- travelchinaguide.com
Bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿151
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿151
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿151
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +66 62 717 2926
- [email protected]
- Website
- omio.com
Bus from Phon Phisai District Bus Stop, Nong Khai to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿700–850
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- easybook.com
Bus from Southern Bus Station Vientiane to Chong Kov Sou Bus Station, Siem Reap
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,340–2,380
- Book at
- bookaway.com
- Phone
- +855 969993333
- [email protected]
- Website
- Giant Ibis
Bus from Siem Reap Giant Ibis to Bangkok Giant Ibis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–1,500
- Website
- Giant Ibis
- Phone
- 1490
- [email protected]
- Website
- ฺBor Kor Sor
Bus from Vientiane Talat Sao Station to Udon Thani
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿80–550
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- ฺBor Kor Sor
- Phone
- +856 21 254512-5
- [email protected]
- Website
- soutchaitravel.com
Bus from Vientiane Any Hotels to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,300–1,600
- Schedules at
- soutchai.com
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Estimated price
- ฿550–700
LOCA app
- Phone
- +856 2098111129
- Website
- loca.la
Taxi Vientiane Group
- Phone
- +856 214 54168
Xanh SM
- Phone
- +856 21988 888
- Website
- xanhsm.com
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