Travel to Butterworth
Every way to reach Butterworth: 1 mode compared, with fares.
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Butterworth is reachable from 9 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin is 44 km away.
How people reach Butterworth
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 18 | €11.88 | 1h 13m | 121 km | 1 |
- 9Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
The train gets you into Butterworth. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Butterworth for the night the train gets in
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 18 | 100% | Yan Besar, 44 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 18 | 100% |
Stations, airports and ports in Butterworth
Butterworth
- Butterworth railway station
- Penang Sentral
- Penang Sentral LRT Station
- Penang Sentral Intercity Bus Platform (L1)
- Penang Sentral Stage Bus Platform (L1)
The cheapest journeys into Butterworth
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yan Besar to Butterworth train | €11.88 | 1h 13m | 44 km |
| Simpang Empat to Butterworth train | €11.88 | 1h 18m | 58 km |
| Pendang to Butterworth train | €12.44 | 1h 23m | 67 km |
| Taiping to Butterworth train | €13.54 | 1h 24m | 74 km |
| Alor Star to Butterworth train | €14.64 | 1h 30m | 80 km |
| Jitra to Butterworth train | €17.39 | 1h 38m | 97 km |
| Kampung Manjoi to Butterworth train | €20.14 | 1h 46m | 117 km |
| Bercham to Butterworth train | €20.69 | 1h 45m | 120 km |
| Ipoh to Butterworth train | €21.24 | 1h 53m | 121 km |
Butterworth is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage near Butterworth railway station
Most of the points near Butterworth railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Popular journeys to Butterworth
Common questions about Travel to Butterworth
How can I get to Butterworth?
Butterworth is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 9 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Butterworth?
The cheapest way into Butterworth is by train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 9 origins we sell into Butterworth over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Butterworth?
The fastest journey into Butterworth is by train, at 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 44 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Butterworth have?
Butterworth has 5 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Butterworth railway station, Penang Sentral, Penang Sentral LRT Station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Butterworth from within 200 km?
18 of the routes we sell into Butterworth start within 200 km. The nearest is Yan Besar, 44 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Butterworth in Malaysia?
Butterworth connects to 9 places on our network across 1 country the furthest of them 121 km away in a straight line. Malaysia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around 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.
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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Malaysia
The wider region
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Butterworth is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Butterworth and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave Butterworth in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.
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