George Town to Alor Star train

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price George Town to Alor Star on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 1h 28mDoor to door
• 44mMoving
• €14.64 to €32.24From
• 06:41 to 07:30First and last departure
• 2Per day
• 3.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€14.64 to €32.24 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.

Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
Keretapi Tanah Melayu	€12.44	1h 26m	140 km/h	Refundable	Power sockets, Wi-Fi

When to book George Town to Alor Star

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

1. €17.3990 days
2. €13.5460 days
3. €11.8845 days
4. €12.4430 days
5. €15.7421 days
6. €18.4914 days
7. €19.047 days
8. €28.943 days
9. €32.241 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €32.24, 1 days out.

What that means

Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

1. €18.49Sun
2. €14.64Mon
3. €16.84Tue
4. €16.84Wed
5. €21.24Thu
6. €16.84Fri
7. €19.59Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting

50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.

How far it really runs

The route covers 91 km against 79 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. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 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.

First and last departure

The first service of the day leaves George Town at 06:41 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about George Town 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.

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