Cheapest€12.28
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad KT329706:432h 52m09:35Terminal Meru RayaGombak Intergrated Transport Terminal
Door to door 3h 36mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ipoh to Setapak bus
Buses from Ipoh to Setapak start at €13.93 and take 3h 36m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ipoh to Setapak starts at €13.93 and takes 3h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 194 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 36mDoor to door
- 2h 52mMoving
- €13.93From
- 5.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad | €12.28 | 3h 22m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Gombak LRT station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Setapak for the night the bus gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Ipoh to Setapak
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €14.4845 days
- €10.6330 days
- €12.2821 days
- €16.6814 days
- €19.437 days
- €23.283 days
- €23.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 119 percent. The most expensive point is €23.28, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €16.13Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €14.48Wed
- €15.58Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €18.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ipoh
Bus
- Terminal Meru Raya
- Sri Maju Bus Station
Setapak
Bus
- Gombak Intergrated Transport Terminal
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 194 km against 169 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 Teluk Intan, Kuala Kubu Baharu, Seremban, Malacca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Ipoh at 06:43 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.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 9m | 1h 25m | 44m | €25.64 | 6.4 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 3h 36m | 2h 52m | 44m | €13.93 | 5.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Ipoh to Setapak
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Ipoh to Setapak take?
The Coach from Ipoh to Setapak takes 3h 36m door to door, of which 2h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 194 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 Coach from Ipoh to Setapak cost?
The Coach from Ipoh to Setapak starts at €13.93 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €18.61. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Ipoh to Setapak?
1 operators run the Coach from Ipoh to Setapak: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad. Between them they file around 2 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 Coach from Ipoh to Setapak use?
The Coach from Ipoh to Setapak leaves from Terminal Meru Raya and arrives at Gombak Intergrated Transport Terminal. 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 Coach the best way from Ipoh to Setapak?
Traveling from Ipoh to Setapak by Train costs €25.64 and takes 2h 9m door to door, against 3h 36m by Coach. 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 Coach from Ipoh to Setapak?
Fares for the Coach from Ipoh to Setapak bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 119 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ipoh to Setapak produce?
The Coach from Ipoh to Setapak produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 194 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Ipoh to Setapak?
Operators on the Coach from Ipoh to Setapak publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ipoh to Setapak on September 7, 2026: 194 km of route against 169 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.93, and 3h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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