George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Shah Alam to George Town

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Shah Alam to George Town. From €37.74, fastest 4h 17m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Shah Alam to George Town runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €37.74, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 17m over 324 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 €37.74, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026

€37.74

  • 195%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Shah Alam

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 €111.44Thu24
  2. about €111.44Fri25
  3. about €72.39Sat26
  4. about €70.19Sun27
  5. about €61.94Mon28
  6. about €66.89Tue29
  7. about €49.84Wed30
  8. about €52.04Thu1
  9. about €61.94Fri2
  10. about €68.54Sat3
  11. about €49.84Sun4
  12. about €44.34Mon5
  13. about €45.99Tue6
  14. about €44.34Wed7
  15. about €58.64Thu8
  16. about €50.94Fri9
  17. about €55.89Sat10
  18. about €52.59Sun11
  19. about €40.49Mon12
  20. about €39.94Tue13
  21. about €37.74Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in George Town for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Komtar 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 Shah Alam to George Town

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

  1. €37.7490 days
  2. €43.7960 days
  3. €42.6945 days
  4. €38.8430 days
  5. €37.7421 days
  6. €44.3414 days
  7. €49.847 days
  8. €72.393 days
  9. €111.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €37.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 195 percent. The dearest point is €111.44, 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.
€111.44€37.74137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Shah Alam to George Town 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

324 km

291 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

740,750158,336

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

The route

IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandMedanMedanIpohIpohPelentongPelentongMalaccaMalaccaKota BharuKota BharuKuantanKuantanMukim PulaiMukim PulaiKuala TerengganuKuala TerengganuAlor StarAlor StarDumaiDumaiKluangKluangBanda AcehBanda AcehSitiawanSitiawanPasir PutehPasir PutehPort DicksonPort DicksonKuala KraiKuala KraiShah AlamShah AlamGeorge TownGeorge TownMap 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 324 km against 291 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 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 70 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 PEN into George Town is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in George Town

Settled in advance, so the ride into George Town 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 Komtar station

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

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Questions about Shah Alam to George Town

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 George Town?

The fastest journey from Shah Alam to George Town takes 4h 17m door to door, of which 2h 34m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 26m, 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 George Town?

The cheapest fare from Shah Alam to George Town is €37.74, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €52.59. 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 George Town?

The cheapest way from Shah Alam to George Town is by train, at €37.74 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 28m 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 Shah Alam to George Town?

Fares from Shah Alam to George Town bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €37.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 195 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 Shah Alam to George Town?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Shah Alam to George Town, at €44.34. 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 Shah Alam to George Town?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Shah Alam to George Town, at €37.74 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 George Town?

1 operators sell services from Shah Alam to George Town 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 Shah Alam to George Town?

0 percent of the services we sell from Shah Alam to George Town are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, with about 70 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 Shah Alam to George Town use?

Services from Shah Alam to George Town by train leave from Shah Alam Komuter station and arrive at Komtar 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 George Town?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Shah Alam to George Town 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 Shah Alam to George Town on 23 September 2026: 324 km of route against 291 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €37.74, and 4h 17m 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 George Town a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of George Town and across Malaysia

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

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The two ends, compared

Shah Alam reaches 30 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 401 km. George Town reaches 85 places in 16 countries, from 31 to 9,899 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Shah Alam

  • 30Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in George Town

Leaving George Town

  • 85Places you can leave for
  • 16Countries
  • 24Operators

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