Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:17 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €13.38 and €29.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 22m over 231 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€13.38 to €29.49
- 186%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sungai Petani
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:17First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €30.43Sun20
- about €27.68Mon21
- about €23.28Tue22
- about €21.63Wed23
- about €23.83Thu24
- about €26.58Fri25
- about €24.38Sat26
- about €21.08Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €16.13Tue29
- about €16.13Wed30
- about €23.28Thu1
- about €19.98Fri2
- about €22.18Sat3
- about €15.03Sun4
- about €15.03Mon5
- about €16.13Tue6
- about €13.38Wed7
- about €18.33Thu8
- about €14.48Fri9
- about €15.58Sat10
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Kota Bharu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kota Bharu for the night the train gets in
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When to book Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €10.6345 days
- €13.9330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €22.1814 days
- €24.387 days
- €23.283 days
- €30.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 186 percent. The most expensive point is €30.43, 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 Sungai Petani 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
231 km
201 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
544,851 → 568,900
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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
- 40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 231 km against 201 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Alor Setar, Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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 Sungai Petani 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 Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu?
The fastest journey from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu takes 2h 22m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 16m, 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 Kota Bharu?
The cheapest fare from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu is €13.38, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €29.96. 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 Kota Bharu?
The cheapest way from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu is by coach, at €13.38 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 4h 15m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu?
The fastest way from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu is by train, at 2h 25m door to door. Only 1h 41m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €29.49.
When should I book Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu?
Fares from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 186 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu, at €15.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 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 Kota Bharu?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu, at €11.73 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 Kota Bharu?
No operator record names Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu directly. Keretapi Tanah Melayu, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu?
40 percent of the services we sell from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu are direct. The rest connect at Alor Setar, Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu produce?
Traveling from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu by coach produces about 6.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.6 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu use?
Services from Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu by train leave from Sungai Petani 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 Sungai Petani to Kota Bharu?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Sungai Petani 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
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 Kota Bharu on September 19, 2026: 231 km of route against 201 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €13.38, and 2h 22m 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.
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The two ends, compared
Sungai Petani reaches 26 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 600 km. Kota Bharu reaches 29 places in 2 countries, from 133 to 1,529 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sungai Petani
- 26Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Kota Bharu
Leaving Kota Bharu
- 29Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators