Butterworth to Kota Bharu runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €37.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 8m over 327 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €37.18, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 14, 2026
€37.18
- 172%Moves across the booking window
172%When it runs, leaving Butterworth
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
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 €100.99Thu24
- about €108.69Fri25
- about €69.64Sat26
- about €70.19Sun27
- about €55.89Mon28
- about €58.09Tue29
- about €51.49Wed30
- about €50.94Thu1
- about €59.19Fri2
- about €66.34Sat3
- about €52.04Sun4
- about €41.59Mon5
- about €43.79Tue6
- about €41.04Wed7
- about €56.44Thu8
- about €48.74Fri9
- about €51.49Sat10
- about €50.39Sun11
- about €40.48Mon12
- about €41.58Tue13
- about €37.18Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Kota Bharu. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Kota Bharu for the night the train gets in
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When to book Butterworth to Kota Bharu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.1890 days
- €43.2460 days
- €43.7945 days
- €38.2830 days
- €37.1821 days
- €41.0414 days
- €51.497 days
- €69.643 days
- €100.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €37.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €100.99, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Butterworth to Kota Bharu 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
327 km
223 km as the crow flies, 47% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
107,591 → 568,900
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 327 km against 223 km in a straight line, a detour of 47 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Alor Setar, Ipoh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
The fare from KBR into Kota Bharu is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Kota Bharu
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kota Bharu costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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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 Kota Bharu train station
Most of the points near Kota Bharu train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Butterworth to Kota Bharu
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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
The fastest journey from Butterworth to Kota Bharu takes 4h 8m door to door, of which 2h 29m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 36m, 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
The cheapest fare from Butterworth to Kota Bharu is €37.18, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.69. 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
The cheapest way from Butterworth to Kota Bharu is by train, at €37.18 for one passenger on October 14, 2026. That journey takes 4h 17m 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
Fares from Butterworth to Kota Bharu bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €37.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 172 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Butterworth to Kota Bharu, at €41.04. 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Butterworth to Kota Bharu, at €35.53 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
1 operators sell services from Butterworth to Kota Bharu 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
0 percent of the services we sell from Butterworth to Kota Bharu are direct. The rest connect at Alor Setar, Ipoh, with about 64 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu use?
Services from Butterworth to Kota Bharu by train leave from Butterworth railway station and arrive at Kota Bharu train 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Butterworth to Kota Bharu 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 Butterworth to Kota Bharu on September 23, 2026: 327 km of route against 223 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €37.18, and 4h 8m 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 Kota Bharu is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Kota Bharu and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave Kota Bharu in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Butterworth reaches 29 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 31 to 929 km. Kota Bharu reaches 42 places in 3 countries, from 37 to 1,529 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Butterworth
- 29Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 1Operators
3
1Arriving in Kota Bharu
Leaving Kota Bharu
- 42Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 6Operators