Malacca to Butterworth bus

Buses from Malacca to Butterworth start at €27.68 and take 7h 21m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Malacca to Butterworth starts at €27.68 and takes 7h 21m door to door, run by 2 operators over 416 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 21mDoor to door
  • 5h 13mMoving
  • €31.53 to €81.03From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 14.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€31.53 to €81.03 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Malacca and Butterworth.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €81.03Thu24
  2. about €76.08Fri25
  3. about €54.08Sat26
  4. about €54.63Sun27
  5. about €41.43Mon28
  6. about €42.53Tue29
  7. about €40.33Wed30
  8. about €44.73Thu1
  9. about €45.83Fri2
  10. about €49.13Sat3
  11. about €39.23Sun4
  12. about €37.58Mon5
  13. about €32.08Tue6
  14. about €31.53Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 14, 2026

Cheapest€27.68
  1. Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad KT525507:304h 13m11:43Malacca bus stationTerminal Meru Raya
  2. Keretapi Tanah Melayu KT335013:071h14:07Ipoh railway stationButterworth railway station

Changes at Ipoh, with 84 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 21mCO2 14.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
Keretapi Tanah Melayu140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Butterworth. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Butterworth for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Butterworth railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Malacca to Butterworth

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €29.8890 days
  2. €32.0860 days
  3. €33.1845 days
  4. €33.7330 days
  5. €27.6821 days
  6. €31.5314 days
  7. €40.337 days
  8. €54.083 days
  9. €81.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €27.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €81.03, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €39.23Sun
  2. €37.58Mon
  3. €32.08Tue
  4. €31.53Wed
  5. €44.73Thu
  6. €45.83Fri
  7. €49.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Butterworth

Bus
  • Penang Sentral Intercity Bus Platform (L1)
  • Penang Sentral Stage Bus Platform (L1)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 416 km against 413 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ipoh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 84 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Malacca at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Malacca to Butterworth

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 Malacca to Butterworth take?

The Coach from Malacca to Butterworth takes 7h 21m door to door, of which 5h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 416 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 Malacca to Butterworth cost?

The Coach from Malacca to Butterworth starts at €27.68 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €27.68. 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 Malacca to Butterworth?

2 operators run the Coach from Malacca to Butterworth: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad, Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Malacca to Butterworth use?

The Coach from Malacca to Butterworth leaves from Malacca bus station and arrives at Butterworth 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.

When should I book the Coach from Malacca to Butterworth?

Fares for the Coach from Malacca to Butterworth bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €27.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Malacca to Butterworth produce?

The Coach from Malacca to Butterworth produces about 14.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 416 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Malacca to Butterworth?

Operators on the Coach from Malacca to Butterworth publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 21m 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Malacca to Butterworth on September 23, 2026: 416 km of route against 413 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 7h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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