Shah Alam to Alor Star runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €21.63 and €58.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 35m over 416 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€21.63 to €58.64
- 142%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Shah Alam
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:41First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Keretapi Tanah Melayu runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Shah Alam to Alor Star on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €52.43Mon14
- about €38.68Tue15
- about €40.33Wed16
- about €36.48Thu17
- about €43.08Fri18
- about €42.53Sat19
- about €37.58Sun20
- about €32.08Mon21
- about €26.58Tue22
- about €29.33Wed23
- about €32.63Thu24
- about €36.48Fri25
- about €33.18Sat26
- about €34.83Sun27
- about €21.63Mon28
- about €22.18Tue29
- about €22.73Wed30
- about €33.18Thu1
- about €28.23Fri2
- about €32.08Sat3
- about €24.38Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Alor Star. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Alor Star for the night the train gets in
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When to book Shah Alam to Alor Star
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.8890 days
- €23.2860 days
- €22.7345 days
- €21.6330 days
- €24.3821 days
- €34.8314 days
- €37.587 days
- €40.333 days
- €52.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 142 percent. The dearest point is €52.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Shah Alam 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
416 km
362 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
740,750 → 417,800
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 416 km against 362 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ipoh, Seremban, Kota Kuala Muda, Sungai Petani. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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 Shah Alam 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 Shah Alam to Alor Star?
The fastest journey from Shah Alam to Alor Star takes 3h 35m door to door, of which 3h 15m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 15m, 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 Shah Alam to Alor Star?
The cheapest fare from Shah Alam to Alor Star is €21.63, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €51.14. 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 Shah Alam to Alor Star?
The cheapest way from Shah Alam to Alor Star is by coach, at €26.58 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 7h 6m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Shah Alam to Alor Star?
The fastest way from Shah Alam to Alor Star is by train, at 3h 59m door to door. Only 3h 15m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €58.64.
When should I book Shah Alam to Alor Star?
Fares from Shah Alam to Alor Star bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €21.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 142 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Shah Alam to Alor Star?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Shah Alam to Alor Star, at €26.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Shah Alam to Alor Star?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Shah Alam to Alor Star, at €18.88 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 Shah Alam to Alor Star?
2 operators sell services from Shah Alam to Alor Star across 2 modes: Keretapi Tanah Melayu, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad. 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 Shah Alam to Alor Star?
33 percent of the services we sell from Shah Alam to Alor Star are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, Seremban, Kota Kuala Muda, Sungai Petani, with about 54 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Shah Alam to Alor Star produce?
Travelling from Shah Alam to Alor Star by coach produces about 11.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 13.7 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Shah Alam to Alor Star use?
Services from Shah Alam to Alor Star by train leave from Shah Alam 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 Shah Alam to Alor Star?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Shah Alam 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shah Alam to Alor Star on 13 September 2026: 416 km of route against 362 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €21.63, and 3h 35m 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. We do not sell those either.
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
Shah Alam reaches 15 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 60 to 362 km. Alor Star reaches 35 places in 1 countries, from 55 to 650 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Shah Alam
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Alor Star
Leaving Alor Star
- 35Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators