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Butterworth to Sungai Petani

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Butterworth to Sungai Petani. From €21.77, fastest 2h 58m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Butterworth to Sungai Petani runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €21.77, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 58m over 204 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €21.77, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€21.77

  • 164%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Butterworth

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services 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 €57.54Thu24
  2. about €50.39Fri25
  3. about €40.49Sat26
  4. about €32.79Sun27
  5. about €28.39Mon28
  6. about €30.04Tue29
  7. about €28.94Wed30
  8. about €23.99Thu1
  9. about €28.39Fri2
  10. about €31.14Sat3
  11. about €23.44Sun4
  12. about €22.88Mon5
  13. about €23.43Tue6
  14. about €25.08Wed7
  15. about €27.29Thu8
  16. about €24.53Fri9
  17. about €25.63Sat10
  18. about €24.53Sun11
  19. about €21.77Mon12
  20. about €21.77Tue13
  21. about €21.77Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Sungai Petani for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Butterworth to Sungai Petani

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

  1. €21.7790 days
  2. €21.7860 days
  3. €21.7845 days
  4. €21.7730 days
  5. €21.7721 days
  6. €25.0814 days
  7. €28.947 days
  8. €40.493 days
  9. €57.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 164 percent. The dearest point is €57.54, 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.
€57.54€21.77137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Butterworth to Sungai Petani 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

204 km

31 km as the crow flies, 558% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

107,591544,851

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

The route

MalaysiaIndonesiaThailandIpohIpohKota BharuKota BharuKuala TerengganuKuala TerengganuAlor StarAlor StarPasir MasPasir MasTaipingTaipingSitiawanSitiawanPasir PutehPasir PutehKuala KraiKuala KraiKangarKangarJitraJitraSimpang EmpatSimpang EmpatNarathiwatNarathiwatSadaoSadaoBatu GajahBatu GajahPattaniPattaniButterworthButterworthSungai PetaniSungai PetaniMap 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 204 km against 31 km in a straight line, a detour of 558 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Jitra, Alor Setar, Ipoh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Sungai Petani railway station

Most of the points near Sungai Petani railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Butterworth to Sungai Petani

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 Sungai Petani?

The fastest journey from Butterworth to Sungai Petani takes 2h 58m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 30m, 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 Sungai Petani?

The cheapest fare from Butterworth to Sungai Petani is €21.77, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.99. 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 Butterworth to Sungai Petani?

The cheapest way from Butterworth to Sungai Petani is by train, at €21.77 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 2m 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 Sungai Petani?

Fares from Butterworth to Sungai Petani bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €21.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 164 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 Sungai Petani?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Butterworth to Sungai Petani, at €22.88. 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 Sungai Petani?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Butterworth to Sungai Petani, at €21.77 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 Sungai Petani?

1 operators sell services from Butterworth to Sungai Petani 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 Butterworth to Sungai Petani?

0 percent of the services we sell from Butterworth to Sungai Petani are direct. The rest connect at Jitra, Alor Setar, Ipoh, with about 59 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 Sungai Petani use?

Services from Butterworth to Sungai Petani by train leave from Butterworth railway station and arrive at Sungai Petani railway 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 Butterworth to Sungai Petani?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Butterworth to Sungai Petani 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 Sungai Petani on 23 September 2026: 204 km of route against 31 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 2h 58m 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 Sungai Petani is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Sungai Petani and across Malaysia

Day trips that leave Sungai Petani 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. Sungai Petani reaches 31 places in 2 countries, from 31 to 600 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Butterworth

  • 29Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Sungai Petani

Leaving Sungai Petani

  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

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