Shah Alam to Kota Bharu bus

Buses from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu start at €21.08 and take 6h 32m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu starts at €21.08 and takes 6h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 399 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 32mDoor to door
  • 5h 48mMoving
  • €24.38 to €50.23From
  • 06:08 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 10.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€24.38 to €50.23 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Shah Alam to Kota Bharu on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €50.23Fri18
  2. about €49.68Sat19
  3. about €35.93Sun20
  4. about €37.58Mon21
  5. about €31.53Tue22
  6. about €34.83Wed23
  7. about €31.53Thu24
  8. about €35.38Fri25
  9. about €32.08Sat26
  10. about €33.18Sun27
  11. about €24.38Mon28
  12. about €25.48Tue29
  13. about €25.48Wed30
  14. about €32.08Thu1

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026

Cheapest€21.08
  1. Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad KT770706:085h 48m11:56Hentian Bandar Shah AlamKota Bharu Bus Station

Door to door 6h 32mCO2 10.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad€21.086h72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

The coach gets you into Kota Bharu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Kota Bharu for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Shah Alam to Kota Bharu

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €24.3890 days
  2. €17.7860 days
  3. €20.5345 days
  4. €26.0330 days
  5. €28.7821 days
  6. €32.0814 days
  7. €31.537 days
  8. €35.933 days
  9. €50.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is €50.23, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €33.18Sun
  2. €24.38Mon
  3. €25.48Tue
  4. €25.48Wed
  5. €31.53Thu
  6. €35.38Fri
  7. €32.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Shah Alam

Coach
  • Hentian Bandar Shah Alam
  • Terminal 17 Shah Alam

Kota Bharu

Coach
  • Kota Bharu Bus Station
  • Kota Bharu Bus Terminal
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 399 km against 347 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Seremban, Kuala Terengganu, Kuantan, Ipoh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Shah Alam at 06:08 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 39m2h 55m44m€49.2913.2 kg3
Coach6h 32m5h 48m44m€21.0810.8 kg3

Questions about Shah Alam to Kota Bharu

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu take?

The Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu takes 6h 32m door to door, of which 5h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 399 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu cost?

The Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu starts at €21.08 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €26.58. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu?

1 operators run the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu use?

The Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu leaves from Hentian Bandar Shah Alam and arrives at Kota Bharu Bus Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu?

Travelling from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu by Train costs €49.29 and takes 3h 39m door to door, against 6h 32m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu?

Fares for the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu produce?

The Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu produces about 10.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 399 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu?

Operators on the Coach from Shah Alam to Kota Bharu publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 32m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Shah Alam to Kota Bharu on 17 September 2026: 399 km of route against 347 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.08, and 6h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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