Fastest€37.19
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu KT278109:072h 31m11:38Kuala Lumpur railway stationAlor Setar railway station
Door to door 3h 15mCO2 11.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star train
Trains from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star start at €47.64 and take 3h 15m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star starts at €47.64 and takes 3h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 362 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 3h 15mDoor to door
- 2h 31mMoving
- €47.64 to €105.94From
- 06:37 to 19:56First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 11.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€47.64 to €105.94 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €75.14Wed16
- about €105.94Thu17
- about €74.04Fri18
- about €79.54Sat19
- about €67.44Sun20
- about €60.29Mon21
- about €51.49Tue22
- about €48.74Wed23
- about €64.14Thu24
- about €65.24Fri25
- about €61.94Sat26
- about €66.34Sun27
- about €47.64Mon28
- about €48.74Tue29
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 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Keretapi Tanah Melayu | €36.64 | 3h 14m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in Alor Star for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €19.9860 days
- €18.8845 days
- €18.3330 days
- €16.6821 days
- €18.3314 days
- €20.537 days
- €30.983 days
- €32.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 92 percent. The dearest point is €32.08, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €25.48Sun
- €24.93Mon
- €18.33Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €26.58Thu
- €25.48Fri
- €26.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kuala Lumpur
Rail
- Kuala Lumpur railway station
- Kuala Lumpur Sentral station
- KLCC LRT station
Alor Setar
Rail
- Alor Setar railway station
- Tunjang railway station
- Anak Bukit railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 362 km against 362 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Kuala Lumpur at 06:37 and the last at 19:56, across 7 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 | 3h 15m | 2h 31m | 44m | €47.64 | 11.9 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 4m | 54m | 3h 10m | €38.49 | 91.8 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 5h 31m | 4h 47m | 44m | €18.33 | 9.8 kg | 7 |
Questions about Kuala Lumpur 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 the Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star take?
The Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star takes 3h 15m door to door, of which 2h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 362 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 Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star cost?
The Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star starts at €47.64 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €40.49. 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 Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star?
1 operators run the Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star: Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Between them they file around 7 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 Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star use?
The Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star leaves from Kuala Lumpur railway station and arrives at Alor Setar 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 Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star?
Travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star by Flight costs €38.49 and takes 4h 4m door to door, against 3h 15m 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 Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star?
Fares for the Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 92 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star produce?
The Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star produces about 11.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 362 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 Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star?
Operators on the Train from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 15m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Kuala Lumpur to Alor Star on 15 September 2026: 362 km of route against 362 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.64, and 3h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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