Fastest€31.14
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu KT980406:171h 48m08:05Kota Bharu train stationIpoh railway station
Door to door 2h 32mCO2 8.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kota Bharu to Ipoh train
Trains from Kota Bharu to Ipoh start at €31.14 and take 2h 32m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kota Bharu to Ipoh on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kota Bharu to Ipoh starts at €31.14 and takes 2h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 246 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 32mDoor to door
- 1h 48mMoving
- €36.09 to €88.89From
- 06:17 to 07:30First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 8.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€36.09 to €88.89 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.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €88.89Fri18
- about €60.84Sat19
- about €58.64Sun20
- about €45.44Mon21
- about €52.59Tue22
- about €52.04Wed23
- about €66.34Thu24
- about €42.14Fri25
- about €48.74Sat26
- about €46.54Sun27
- about €36.09Mon28
- about €42.14Tue29
- about €45.44Wed30
- about €55.89Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Keretapi Tanah Melayu | €31.14 | 2h 28m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Ipoh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ipoh for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kota Bharu to Ipoh
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.1390 days
- €12.2860 days
- €13.9345 days
- €17.2330 days
- €19.4321 days
- €24.3814 days
- €24.937 days
- €28.233 days
- €37.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 202 percent. The dearest point is €37.03, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €22.18Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €24.38Thu
- €23.28Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kota Bharu
Rail
- Kota Bharu train station
- Tumpat railway station
- Bunut Susu Railway Station
Ipoh
Rail
- Ipoh railway station
- Tasek railway station
What the journey looks like
- 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 246 km against 214 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 Kuala Terengganu, Kota Kuala Muda, George Town, Sungai Petani. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Kota Bharu at 06:17 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 32m | 1h 48m | 44m | €31.14 | 8.1 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 4h 13m | 3h 29m | 44m | €14.48 | 6.6 kg | 2 |
Questions about Kota Bharu to Ipoh
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 the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh take?
The Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh takes 2h 32m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 246 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh cost?
The Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh starts at €31.14 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €52.59. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh?
1 operators run the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh: Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh use?
The Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh leaves from Kota Bharu train station and arrives at Ipoh railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Kota Bharu to Ipoh?
Travelling from Kota Bharu to Ipoh by Coach costs €14.48 and takes 4h 13m door to door, against 2h 32m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh?
Fares for the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 202 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh produce?
The Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh produces about 8.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 246 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh?
Operators on the Train from Kota Bharu to Ipoh publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 32m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kota Bharu to Ipoh on 17 September 2026: 246 km of route against 214 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.14, and 2h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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