Has anyone taken the bus or train from Bangkok to Ayutthaya?

My family is interested in going to Ayutthaya for the day from Bangkok. Has anyone taken a bus or train to Ayutthaya from Bangkok? If so, how far are the major sights from the bus station or train station? Which is better to take the bus or train? Can you rent bikes from the bus or train station? We are going with our two kids 13 and 17 and was wondering how safe is it to ride bikes? What other ways to get to the sights other than bikes? What are the major sights to see there? Also, where do you get a boat either a ferry or long tail boat from Ayutthaya to Bangkok? How much does it cost?

Has anyone taken the bus or train from Bangkok to Ayutthaya?

We took the train to Ayutthaya. The train station is off the island. If you exit the train station to the east, you cross street and then follow an east-west street to the river. There you take a ferry across the river. There is a bike rental place right after you get off the ferry.

There are not bike lanes, so when you are riding the bikes, you are on the street with all the traffic. It was not too bad though, and your teenagers will probably be fine with it.

The major sights are of course all the ruined temples. http://wikitravel.org/en/Ayutthaya lists some of the more popular ones.

Have a great time!

-A.

Has anyone taken the bus or train from Bangkok to Ayutthaya?

Ayuttayah is very nice.

1 hour North of Bangkok by train, if I remember correctly. At the time, you could catch the train at the %26#39;old%26#39; airport; if you are in the north of Bangkok that is actually a good idea (no need to go to the main station to catch the train). But check the case now.

Bikes are fun; the old sites are spread over old Ayuttayah, and moving from site to site is much easier with a bike. The traffice was not bad at all.

Took the tran from Bangkok to Ayutthaya and it was a really good experience. Very civilised and having travelled on Thailands trains before they are pretty reliable.

We got the 8:30 (left a bit late) from Hua Lamphong and were in Ayutthaya for just before 10:00.

The guards on the train were really pleasant and kept an eye out for us and told us when our stop was. All seats are numbered and I think we paid something like

We walked from the station to the ferry mentioned above, but once across we sort of got lost. So we flagged down a tu tuk who chared us 500 baht per hour to ferry us around verious places (we chose which ones by pointing at the map in the Lonely Planet).

Ended up seeing about five temples (all fantastic and varied) and think we got the 4:00 train back which was abit slower (about 1hr 45mins).

I%26#39;m sure we paid something like 50baht and got a seat in 2nd class with air con.

A reat day out.

Hi..How do you book tickets..? We r plng to go there this weekend fm BKK.

What are the train timings/ frequency fm BKK %26amp; back?