Butterworth to Johor Bahru runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €54.79, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 23m over 591 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €54.79, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026
€54.79
- 205%Moves across the booking window
205%When it runs, leaving Butterworth
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%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
- about €155.44Thu24
- about €136.19Fri25
- about €95.49Sat26
- about €110.34Sun27
- about €88.89Mon28
- about €90.54Tue29
- about €76.24Wed30
- about €75.69Thu1
- about €80.64Fri2
- about €88.34Sat3
- about €68.54Sun4
- about €69.64Mon5
- about €69.64Tue6
- about €65.79Wed7
- about €66.89Thu8
- about €70.19Fri9
- about €77.34Sat10
- about €58.64Sun11
- about €54.79Mon12
- about €56.44Tue13
- about €64.14Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Johor Bahru. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Johor Bahru for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Johor Bahru Sentral station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Butterworth to Johor Bahru
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €59.7490 days
- €50.9460 days
- €55.3445 days
- €55.3430 days
- €64.1421 days
- €65.7914 days
- €76.247 days
- €95.493 days
- €155.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €50.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 205 percent. The dearest point is €155.44, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Butterworth to Johor Bahru 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
591 km
577 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
107,591 → 858,118
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 591 km against 577 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 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 91 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from JHB into Johor Bahru is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Johor Bahru
Settled in advance, so the ride into Johor Bahru costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Johor Bahru Sentral station
Most of the points near Johor Bahru Sentral station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Butterworth to Johor Bahru
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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
The fastest journey from Butterworth to Johor Bahru takes 5h 23m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 29m, 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
The cheapest fare from Butterworth to Johor Bahru is €54.79, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €75.69. 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
The cheapest way from Butterworth to Johor Bahru is by train, at €54.79 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 33m 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
Fares from Butterworth to Johor Bahru bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €50.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 205 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Butterworth to Johor Bahru, at €65.79. 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Butterworth to Johor Bahru, at €45.44 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
2 operators sell services from Butterworth to Johor Bahru across 1 mode: AirAsia, 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
0 percent of the services we sell from Butterworth to Johor Bahru are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, with about 91 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru use?
Services from Butterworth to Johor Bahru by train leave from Butterworth railway station and arrive at Senai International Airport JHB. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Butterworth to Johor Bahru 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 Butterworth to Johor Bahru on 23 September 2026: 591 km of route against 577 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €54.79, and 5h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Johor Bahru a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Johor Bahru and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave Johor Bahru in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Butterworth reaches 29 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 31 to 929 km. Johor Bahru reaches 69 places in 9 countries, from 22 to 4,664 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Butterworth
- 29Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 1Operators
3
1Arriving in Johor Bahru
Leaving Johor Bahru
- 69Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 11Operators