Sungai Petani to George Town runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €21.77, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 59m over 203 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €21.77, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 14, 2026
€21.77
- 139%Moves across the booking window
139%When it runs, leaving Sungai Petani
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
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 €52.04Thu24
- about €53.69Fri25
- about €34.99Sat26
- about €34.44Sun27
- about €28.94Mon28
- about €30.59Tue29
- about €26.73Wed30
- about €25.64Thu1
- about €30.04Fri2
- about €33.34Sat3
- about €26.73Sun4
- about €22.88Mon5
- about €23.43Tue6
- about €22.88Wed7
- about €28.39Thu8
- about €25.09Fri9
- about €26.74Sat10
- about €25.64Sun11
- about €22.88Mon12
- about €22.88Tue13
- about €21.77Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into George Town. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in George Town for the night the train gets in
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When to book Sungai Petani to George Town
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.7790 days
- €23.9860 days
- €23.9845 days
- €21.7830 days
- €21.7721 days
- €22.8814 days
- €26.737 days
- €34.993 days
- €52.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 139 percent. The most expensive point is €52.04, 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 Sungai Petani to George Town 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
203 km
31 km as the crow flies, 555% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
544,851 → 158,336
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 203 km against 31 km in a straight line, a detour of 555 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Alor Setar, Jitra, Ipoh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 PEN into George Town is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in George Town
Settled in advance, so the ride into George Town 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 Komtar station
Most of the points near Komtar station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Sungai Petani to George Town
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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
The fastest journey from Sungai Petani to George Town takes 2h 59m door to door, of which 1h 17m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 33m, 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
The cheapest fare from Sungai Petani to George Town is €21.77, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €33.34. 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
The cheapest way from Sungai Petani to George Town is by train, at €21.77 for one passenger on October 14, 2026. That journey takes 3h 2m 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
Fares from Sungai Petani to George Town bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €21.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 139 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sungai Petani to George Town, at €22.88. 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sungai Petani to George Town, at €21.77 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
1 operators sell services from Sungai Petani to George Town 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
0 percent of the services we sell from Sungai Petani to George Town are direct. The rest connect at Alor Setar, Jitra, Ipoh, with about 61 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 Sungai Petani to George Town use?
Services from Sungai Petani to George Town by train leave from Sungai Petani railway station and arrive at Komtar 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 Sungai Petani to George Town?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Sungai Petani to George Town 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 Sungai Petani to George Town on September 23, 2026: 203 km of route against 31 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 2h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives George Town a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of George Town and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave George Town in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sungai Petani reaches 31 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 31 to 600 km. George Town reaches 85 places in 16 countries, from 31 to 9,899 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sungai Petani
- 31Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
2
2Arriving in George Town
Leaving George Town
- 85Places you can leave for
- 16Countries
- 24Operators