- last updated 11 September 2010
- old version of this page (info from August 2007) here
- thank you to gopeace for 09 August 2010 info
Located next to Khua Din market, across from the Morning market/Talat Sao shopping mall (at ID202 on this map). Hence often referred to as 'morning market bus station' in travel guides:
(Photos from August 2007)
Services within Vientiane municipality
(Photos from 28 November 2009; no change in timetables as of 09 August 2010)
Overview map (approximate location of Wattay Airport marked in red):
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Timetables:
Notes:
Fares are ~4000kip.
Buses often do not display their service numbers, but only their destinations in Lao script.
Passengers can board & alight anywhere along the routes.
To Friendship Bridge - #14 (Tha Deua) bus.
To Vientiane Southern bus station - #29 (Dong Dok) bus.
To Wattay Airport - #03 (Tat Thong), #30 (Thong Pong), & #49 (Nong Taeng) buses all pass by the turn off to the airport, a few hundred metres walk (red line on above map) to the international & domestic terminals. The outbound #49 (Nong Taeng) bus can also be flagged down along Samsenthai Road.
Services to Vientiane province & southern Laos
(Photos from 28 November 2009; except for Vang Vieng, no change in timetables as of 09 August 2010)
Overview map:
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Timetable (destinations within Vientiane province):
Timetable (Vang Vieng, 09 August 2010):
Photo by gopeace, 09 August 2010
Timetable (destinations in southern Laos):
Distances to various destinations:
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Services to northeast Thailand
(Photos from 01 December 2009; except for Nakhon Ratchasima, no change in timetable as of 09 August 2010)
Vientiane > Nong Khai (fare 15,000kip):
Vientiane > Udon Thani (romanised as Oudon Thany by the Lao, fare 22,000kip):
Vientiane > Khon Kaen (fare 50,000kip):
Vientiane > Nakhon Ratchasima (fare 82,000kip, 09 August 2010):
Photos by gopeace, 09 August 2010
Note:
The board lists the fare as 80,000kip, but the paper below says 82,000kip.
'Not accept get back ticket' is Lao-glish for 'no refund on tickets sold'.
