Rawang 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 €38.84, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 23m over 340 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €38.84, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026
€38.84
- 190%Moves across the booking window
190%When it runs, leaving Rawang
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 €112.54Thu24
- about €116.39Fri25
- about €75.14Sat26
- about €74.59Sun27
- about €62.49Mon28
- about €65.79Tue29
- about €53.69Wed30
- about €54.24Thu1
- about €63.59Fri2
- about €71.29Sat3
- about €53.69Sun4
- about €45.44Mon5
- about €47.64Tue6
- about €45.44Wed7
- about €60.84Thu8
- about €52.59Fri9
- about €56.99Sat10
- about €54.79Sun11
- about €42.69Mon12
- about €42.14Tue13
- about €38.84Wed14
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 room in Alor Star for the night the train gets in
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When to book Rawang to Alor Star
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €38.8490 days
- €45.9960 days
- €45.4445 days
- €39.9430 days
- €38.8421 days
- €45.4414 days
- €53.697 days
- €75.143 days
- €112.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €38.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is €112.54, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rawang 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
340 km
339 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
199,095 → 417,800
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 340 km against 339 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 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 68 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.
The fare from AOR into Alor Star is set by whoever drives it.
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 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 Rawang 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
The fastest journey from Rawang to Alor Star takes 4h 23m door to door, of which 2h 34m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
The cheapest fare from Rawang to Alor Star is €38.84, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €54.79. 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
The cheapest way from Rawang to Alor Star is by train, at €38.84 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 26m 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
Fares from Rawang to Alor Star bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €38.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 190 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Rawang to Alor Star, at €45.44. 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Rawang to Alor Star, at €38.84 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
1 operators sell services from Rawang 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
0 percent of the services we sell from Rawang to Alor Star are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, with about 68 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 Rawang to Alor Star use?
Services from Rawang to Alor Star by train leave from Rawang railway 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 Rawang to Alor Star?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rawang 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 Rawang to Alor Star on 23 September 2026: 340 km of route against 339 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.84, and 4h 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 Alor Star a set of days out that do not start at a station.
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
Rawang reaches 7 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 99 to 339 km. Alor Star reaches 44 places in 3 countries, from 55 to 662 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rawang
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
1
1Arriving in Alor Star
Leaving Alor Star
- 44Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 6Operators