George Town 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 €22.33, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 16m over 203 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.33, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026
€22.33
- 140%Moves across the booking window
140%When it runs, leaving George Town
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
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 €53.69Thu24
- about €54.24Fri25
- about €35.54Sat26
- about €34.99Sun27
- about €30.59Mon28
- about €32.79Tue29
- about €24.54Wed30
- about €25.64Thu1
- about €30.59Fri2
- about €33.89Sat3
- about €25.09Sun4
- about €24.53Mon5
- about €24.53Tue6
- about €24.53Wed7
- about €28.94Thu8
- about €26.18Fri9
- about €27.83Sat10
- about €26.18Sun11
- about €22.88Mon12
- about €22.33Tue13
- about €22.33Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Sungai Petani for the night the train gets in
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When to book George Town to Sungai Petani
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.3390 days
- €23.4360 days
- €22.8845 days
- €22.3330 days
- €22.3321 days
- €24.5314 days
- €24.547 days
- €35.543 days
- €53.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €22.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is €53.69, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to George Town 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
203 km
31 km as the crow flies, 555% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
158,336 → 544,851
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 203 km against 31 km in a straight line, a detour of 555 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Jitra, Ipoh, Alor Setar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 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 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 George Town 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
The fastest journey from George Town to Sungai Petani takes 3h 16m door to door, of which 1h 29m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 52m, 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
The cheapest fare from George Town to Sungai Petani is €22.33, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €33.89. 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
The cheapest way from George Town to Sungai Petani is by train, at €22.33 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 22m 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
Fares from George Town to Sungai Petani bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €22.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 140 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from George Town to Sungai Petani, at €24.53. 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from George Town to Sungai Petani, at €22.88 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
1 operators sell services from George Town 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
0 percent of the services we sell from George Town to Sungai Petani are direct. The rest connect at Jitra, Ipoh, Alor Setar, with about 69 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 George Town to Sungai Petani use?
Services from George Town to Sungai Petani by train leave from Komtar 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 George Town to Sungai Petani?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from George Town 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 George Town to Sungai Petani on 23 September 2026: 203 km of route against 31 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.33, and 3h 16m 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.
Day trips out of Sungai Petani and across Malaysia
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The two ends, compared
George Town reaches 85 places in 16 countries on services we hold, over distances from 31 to 9,899 km. Sungai Petani reaches 31 places in 2 countries, from 31 to 600 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving George Town
- 85Places you can leave for
- 16Countries
- 24Operators
16
24Arriving in Sungai Petani
Leaving Sungai Petani
- 31Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators