Alor Star to Rawang runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €39.39, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 9m over 340 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €39.39, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 14, 2026
€39.39
- 193%Moves across the booking window
193%When it runs, leaving Alor Star
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €115.29Thu24
- about €116.39Fri25
- about €75.14Sat26
- about €74.04Sun27
- about €64.14Mon28
- about €68.54Tue29
- about €52.59Wed30
- about €54.24Thu1
- about €64.69Fri2
- about €71.84Sat3
- about €52.59Sun4
- about €45.99Mon5
- about €48.19Tue6
- about €45.99Wed7
- about €61.39Thu8
- about €53.14Fri9
- about €57.54Sat10
- about €54.79Sun11
- about €42.69Mon12
- about €42.14Tue13
- about €39.39Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Rawang. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Rawang for the night the train gets in
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When to book Alor Star to Rawang
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.3990 days
- €45.4460 days
- €44.8945 days
- €39.9430 days
- €39.3921 days
- €45.9914 days
- €52.597 days
- €75.143 days
- €115.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €39.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €115.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Alor Star to Rawang and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
340 km
339 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
417,800 → 199,095
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 340 km against 339 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 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 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Rawang railway station
Most of the points near Rawang railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Alor Star to Rawang
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 it take to get from Alor Star to Rawang?
The fastest journey from Alor Star to Rawang takes 4h 9m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 17m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Alor Star to Rawang?
The cheapest fare from Alor Star to Rawang is €39.39, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €54.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Alor Star to Rawang?
The cheapest way from Alor Star to Rawang is by train, at €39.39 for one passenger on October 14, 2026. That journey takes 4h 10m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Alor Star to Rawang?
Fares from Alor Star to Rawang bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €39.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 193 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Alor Star to Rawang?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Alor Star to Rawang, at €45.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Alor Star to Rawang?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Alor Star to Rawang, at €39.39 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Alor Star to Rawang?
1 operators sell services from Alor Star to Rawang across 1 mode: Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Alor Star to Rawang?
0 percent of the services we sell from Alor Star to Rawang are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, with about 56 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Alor Star to Rawang use?
Services from Alor Star to Rawang by train leave from Alor Setar railway station and arrive at Rawang railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Alor Star to Rawang?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Alor Star to Rawang allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Alor Star to Rawang on September 23, 2026: 340 km of route against 339 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €39.39, and 4h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Rawang is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Rawang and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave Rawang in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Alor Star reaches 44 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 55 to 662 km. Rawang reaches 7 places in 1 countries, from 99 to 339 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Alor Star
- 44Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 6Operators
3
6Arriving in Rawang
Leaving Rawang
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators