Butterworth to Kuantan runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €26.74, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 49m over 384 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €26.74, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€26.74
- 169%Moves across the booking window
169%When it runs, leaving Butterworth
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 €71.84Thu24
- about €76.79Fri25
- about €53.14Sat26
- about €49.84Sun27
- about €43.24Mon28
- about €45.44Tue29
- about €34.44Wed30
- about €42.69Thu1
- about €44.89Fri2
- about €43.79Sat3
- about €38.29Sun4
- about €30.59Mon5
- about €32.79Tue6
- about €30.04Wed7
- about €39.94Thu8
- about €34.44Fri9
- about €37.74Sat10
- about €34.99Sun11
- about €30.04Mon12
- about €26.74Tue13
- about €28.94Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Kuantan. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Kuantan for the night the train gets in
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When to book Butterworth to Kuantan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.8490 days
- €30.5960 days
- €26.7445 days
- €30.0430 days
- €28.9421 days
- €30.0414 days
- €34.447 days
- €53.143 days
- €71.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €26.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 169 percent. The most expensive point is €71.84, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 Kuantan 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
384 km
373 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
107,591 → 548,014
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 384 km against 373 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 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 100 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
The fare from KUA into Kuantan is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Kuantan
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kuantan 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 Kuantan Port City train station
Most of the points near Kuantan Port City train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Butterworth to Kuantan
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 Kuantan?
The fastest journey from Butterworth to Kuantan takes 6h 49m door to door, of which 4h 47m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 7h 3m, 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 Kuantan?
The cheapest fare from Butterworth to Kuantan is €26.74, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €38.29. 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 Kuantan?
The cheapest way from Butterworth to Kuantan is by train, at €26.74 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 7h 11m 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 Kuantan?
Fares from Butterworth to Kuantan bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €26.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 169 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 Kuantan?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Butterworth to Kuantan, at €30.04. 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 Kuantan?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Butterworth to Kuantan, at €25.09 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 Kuantan?
2 operators sell services from Butterworth to Kuantan across 1 mode: Keretapi Tanah Melayu, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad. 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 Kuantan?
0 percent of the services we sell from Butterworth to Kuantan are direct. The rest connect at Ipoh, with about 100 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 Kuantan use?
Services from Butterworth to Kuantan by train leave from Butterworth railway station and arrive at Hentian Bas Bandar Kuantan. 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 Kuantan?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Butterworth to Kuantan 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 Kuantan on September 23, 2026: 384 km of route against 373 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 6h 49m 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 Kuantan is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Kuantan and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave Kuantan 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. Kuantan reaches 46 places in 2 countries, from 37 to 477 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Butterworth
- 29Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 1Operators
3
1Arriving in Kuantan
Leaving Kuantan
- 46Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 5Operators