Feeder Bus Service from Don Mueang to Pattaya Now Open

[reader]

From Pattaya News

The new feeder bus service connecting Don Mueang Airport to Pattaya is now operational, offering a fast travel option for passengers.

On March 8th, Deputy Transport Minister Mr. Surapong Piyachote presided over the inaugural journey of the new feeder bus service connecting Don Mueang Airport to Pattaya.

Mr. Surapong stated that the launch of the new feeder bus service is part of the Thai government’s initiative to create seamless public transportation between airports and key tourist destinations. The project aims to boost tourism and economic activity by improving connectivity between major, secondary, and emerging travel destinations. Initially, three routes have been introduced:

Pickup/drop-off points:

1. Service Hall, Don Mueang Airport (near Terminal 1, North Side)
2. BorKorSor Bus Stop, Sukhumvit Road (between North and Central Pattaya)

• Distance: 162 km
• Fare: 155 THB
• Travel time: 2.5 hours

8 trips daily (4 each way)

• Departing Don Mueang: 06:30, 10:30, 13:30, 17:30
• Departing Pattaya: 07:00, 10:00, 14:30, 17:00
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• https://thepattayanews.com/2025/03/10/feeder-bus-service-from-don-mueang-to-pattaya-now-open/

[macaroni21]

7 hours ago, reader said:

Mr. Surapong stated that the launch of the new feeder bus service is part of the Thai government’s initiative to create seamless public transportation between airports and key tourist destinations.

Laudable aim... seamless connectivity.

 

7 hours ago, reader said:

Pickup/drop-off points:

1. Service Hall, Don Mueang Airport (near Terminal 1, North Side)
2. BorKorSor Bus Stop, Sukhumvit Road (between North and Central Pattaya)

Dropping your passengers off on Sukhumvit Road is a long way from seamless!

[bkkmfj2648]

4 hours ago, macaroni21 said:

Dropping your passengers off on Sukhumvit Road is a long way from seamless!

I thought the same thing when I read that.

Then from Sukhumvit Road you would need to hire a Grab or Bolt to get to your final destination - tacking on another 100 to 150 baht for the privilege.

Consequently, the predecessor Suvarnabhumi to Jomtien bus, that terminates almost at the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown) still remains, in my opinion, the better choice - at 143 baht to get to Pattaya.

https://airportpattayabus.com/

 

7 minute walk to the Jomtien Complex from the end-point bus station in Jomtien

[vinapu]

9 hours ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

 

Then from Sukhumvit Road you would need to hire a Grab or Bolt to get to your final destination - tacking on another 100 to 150 baht for the privilege.

Consequently, the predecessor Suvarnabhumi to Jomtien bus, that terminates almost at the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown) still remains, in my opinion, the better choice - at 143 baht to get to Pattaya.

 

 

while I agree that this terminal seems bit lunatic , for people arriving at Don Muang it's still better option than  catching taxi from DMK to Swamy or Ekkamai bus station and catching Pattaya bound bus from there.

Yes , for me too Airport bus to and from Jomtien is  bus of choice when getting between Bangkok and Pattaya

[bkkmfj2648]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

for people arriving at Don Muang it's still better option than  catching taxi from DMK to Swamy or Ekkamai bus station and catching Pattaya bound bus from there.

Yes, I agree.  I have only used the Don Mueang (DMK) airport from Pattaya 1 time (for my trip to Cebu) and it was more painful than going to Suvarnabhumi - as the traffic and smaller roads that you need to use to get to DMK are much more congested than the nice big tollway to Suvarnabhumi.

So, a bus to Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya is still acceptable - as long as the bus rider realizes that he/she will need to transfer to another type of ride modality to reach his/her final destination in Pattaya.  Which is also true for the other bus if one is not staying near the Jomtien Complex.

[spoon]

Worth to mention that there is (or used to?) a free shuttle bus connecting dmk and bkk airport, if you have a boarding pass to make the connection. Ive used it before when im travelling to dmk from pattaya using the jomtien bus to bkk and taking the shuttle from bkk to dmk to catch my flight to vientiene. 

[vinapu]

9 hours ago, spoon said:

Worth to mention that there is (or used to?) a free shuttle bus connecting dmk and bkk airport, if you have a boarding pass to make the connection. 

They seem to observe this rule as my friend learned last month when helping somebody to make transfer from BKK to DMK. They took ARL+BTS+MRT+SRT combination instead