Cheapest€21.63
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad KT634706:196h 22m12:41Johor Bahru SentralTerminal Meru Raya
Door to door 7h 6mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Johor Bahru to Ipoh bus
Buses from Johor Bahru to Ipoh start at €26.03 and take 6h 46m at their fastest.
The Buses from Johor Bahru to Ipoh starts at €26.03 and takes 6h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 457 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 46mDoor to door
- 6h 2mMoving
- €26.03From
- 12.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 | €21.63 | 6h 44m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Johor Bahru to Ipoh
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.9390 days
- €17.7860 days
- €17.7845 days
- €21.6330 days
- €33.1821 days
- €33.1814 days
- €41.437 days
- €38.133 days
- €60.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 241 percent. The most expensive point is €60.68, 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.
- €29.33Sun
- €26.03Mon
- €26.03Tue
- €28.23Wed
- €34.83Thu
- €34.28Fri
- €33.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Johor Bahru
Bus
- Johor Bahru Sentral
Ipoh
Bus
- Terminal Meru Raya
- Sri Maju Bus Station
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
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 457 km against 457 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Taman Petaling, Selayang Baru Utara, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 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. 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 Johor Bahru at 06:19 and the last at 17:25, across 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 12m | 1h 2m | 3h 10m | €54.42 | 115.6 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 6h 46m | 6h 2m | 44m | €26.03 | 12.3 kg | 7 |
Questions about Johor Bahru to Ipoh
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 Johor Bahru to Ipoh take?
The Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh takes 6h 46m door to door, of which 6h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 457 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 Johor Bahru to Ipoh cost?
The Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh starts at €26.03 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €37.58. 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 Johor Bahru to Ipoh?
1 operators run the Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad. 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 Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh use?
The Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh leaves from Johor Bahru Sentral and arrives at Terminal Meru Raya. 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 Johor Bahru to Ipoh?
Traveling from Johor Bahru to Ipoh by Flight costs €54.42 and takes 4h 12m door to door, against 6h 46m 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 Johor Bahru to Ipoh?
Fares for the Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 241 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh produce?
The Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 457 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 Johor Bahru to Ipoh?
Operators on the Coach from Johor Bahru to Ipoh publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 46m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Johor Bahru to Ipoh on September 12, 2026: 457 km of route against 457 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.03, and 6h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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