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Klang to Alor Star

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Klang to Alor Star. From €44.89, fastest 4h 49m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Klang to Alor Star runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €44.89, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 49m over 392 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €44.89, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026

€44.89

  • 194%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Klang

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 €131.79Thu24
  2. about €133.99Fri25
  3. about €86.69Sat26
  4. about €85.59Sun27
  5. about €72.94Mon28
  6. about €77.89Tue29
  7. about €60.84Wed30
  8. about €62.49Thu1
  9. about €73.49Fri2
  10. about €82.29Sat3
  11. about €60.84Sun4
  12. about €52.04Mon5
  13. about €54.79Tue6
  14. about €52.59Wed7
  15. about €70.19Thu8
  16. about €60.84Fri9
  17. about €65.79Sat10
  18. about €63.04Sun11
  19. about €48.74Mon12
  20. about €48.19Tue13
  21. about €44.89Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Alor Star for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Alor Setar railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Klang to Alor Star

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

  1. €44.8990 days
  2. €52.5960 days
  3. €51.4945 days
  4. €45.9930 days
  5. €44.8921 days
  6. €52.5914 days
  7. €60.847 days
  8. €86.693 days
  9. €131.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €44.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €131.79, 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.
€131.79€44.89137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Klang to Alor Star 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

392 km

363 km as the crow flies, 8% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

240,016417,800

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

The route

IndonesiaMalaysiaBay of BengalSouth China SeaSingaporeSingaporeMedanMedanPelentongPelentongMalaccaMalaccaKota BharuKota BharuKuantanKuantanKuala TerengganuKuala TerengganuDumaiDumaiPematangsiantarPematangsiantarBanda AcehBanda AcehPaya TerubongPaya TerubongHat YaiHat YaiBatu PahatBatu PahatGunungsitoliGunungsitoliYalaYalaPhuketPhuketKlangKlangAlor SetarAlor SetarMap 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 392 km against 363 km in a straight line, a detour of 8 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 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

The fare from AOR into Alor Star is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Alor Star

Settled in advance, so the ride into Alor Star 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 lockers

Left luggage near Alor Setar railway station

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

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Questions about Klang to Alor Star

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 Klang to Alor Star?

The fastest journey from Klang to Alor Star takes 4h 49m door to door, of which 3h 1m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 1m, 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 Klang to Alor Star?

The cheapest fare from Klang to Alor Star is €44.89, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €63.04. 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 Klang to Alor Star?

The cheapest way from Klang to Alor Star is by train, at €44.89 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 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 Klang to Alor Star?

Fares from Klang to Alor Star bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €44.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 194 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 Klang to Alor Star?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Klang to Alor Star, at €52.04. 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 Klang to Alor Star?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Klang to Alor Star, at €44.89 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 Klang to Alor Star?

1 operators sell services from Klang to Alor Star 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 Klang to Alor Star?

0 percent of the services we sell from Klang to Alor Star are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, with about 75 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 Klang to Alor Star use?

Services from Klang to Alor Star by train leave from Klang Komuter station and arrive at Alor Setar 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 Klang to Alor Star?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Klang to Alor Star 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 Klang to Alor Star on 23 September 2026: 392 km of route against 363 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €44.89, and 4h 49m 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 Alor Star a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Alor Star and across Malaysia

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

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The two ends, compared

Klang reaches 26 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 29 to 454 km. Alor Star reaches 44 places in 3 countries, from 55 to 662 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Klang

  • 26Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Alor Star

Leaving Alor Star

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

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