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Alor Star to Teluk Anson

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Alor Star to Teluk Anson. From €33.33, fastest 3h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Alor Star to Teluk Anson runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €33.33, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 50m over 261 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €33.33, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€33.33

  • 221%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Alor Star

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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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 €107.04Thu24
  2. about €89.99Fri25
  3. about €72.39Sat26
  4. about €56.99Sun27
  5. about €51.49Mon28
  6. about €56.44Tue29
  7. about €49.29Wed30
  8. about €42.14Thu1
  9. about €50.94Fri2
  10. about €55.89Sat3
  11. about €39.39Sun4
  12. about €37.73Mon5
  13. about €38.83Tue6
  14. about €43.79Wed7
  15. about €48.74Thu8
  16. about €42.14Fri9
  17. about €45.99Sat10
  18. about €43.24Sun11
  19. about €34.43Mon12
  20. about €33.33Tue13
  21. about €33.33Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Teluk Anson. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Teluk Anson for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Alor Star to Teluk Anson

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

  1. €33.3390 days
  2. €35.5360 days
  3. €34.4445 days
  4. €33.3330 days
  5. €33.3321 days
  6. €43.7914 days
  7. €49.297 days
  8. €72.393 days
  9. €107.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €33.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 221 percent. The dearest point is €107.04, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€107.04€33.33137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Alor Star to Teluk Anson and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

261 km

245 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

417,800232,800

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

MalaysiaIndonesiaThailandMedanMedanKuala LumpurKuala LumpurKampung Baru SubangKampung Baru SubangIpohIpohKota BharuKota BharuKuantanKuantanKuala TerengganuKuala TerengganuSerembanSerembanPematangsiantarPematangsiantarBanda AcehBanda AcehPaya TerubongPaya TerubongSepangSepangKuala Kubu BharuKuala Kubu BharuSitiawanSitiawanPasir PutehPasir PutehKuala KraiKuala KraiAlor SetarAlor SetarTeluk IntanTeluk IntanMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 261 km against 245 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ipoh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Terminal Intan

Most of the points near Terminal Intan open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Alor Star to Teluk Anson

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 it take to get from Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

The fastest journey from Alor Star to Teluk Anson takes 3h 50m door to door, of which 2h 11m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 58m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

The cheapest fare from Alor Star to Teluk Anson is €33.33, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €45.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

The cheapest way from Alor Star to Teluk Anson is by train, at €33.33 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 5m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

Fares from Alor Star to Teluk Anson bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €33.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 221 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Alor Star to Teluk Anson, at €37.73. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Alor Star to Teluk Anson, at €34.43 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

1 operators sell services from Alor Star to Teluk Anson across 1 mode: Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

0 percent of the services we sell from Alor Star to Teluk Anson are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Alor Star to Teluk Anson use?

Services from Alor Star to Teluk Anson by train leave from Alor Setar railway station and arrive at Teluk Intan station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Alor Star to Teluk Anson?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Alor Star to Teluk Anson allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Alor Star to Teluk Anson on 23 September 2026: 261 km of route against 245 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €33.33, and 3h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Teluk Anson is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Teluk Anson and across Malaysia

Day trips that leave Teluk Anson in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Alor Star reaches 44 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 55 to 662 km. Teluk Anson reaches 26 places in 2 countries, from 49 to 437 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Alor Star

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Teluk Anson

Leaving Teluk Anson

  • 26Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

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