Fastest€26.74
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu KT195106:411h 35m08:16Ipoh railway stationAlor Setar railway station
Door to door 2h 19mCO2 7.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ipoh to Alor Star train
Trains from Ipoh to Alor Star start at €32.79 and take 2h 19m at their fastest.
The Trains from Ipoh to Alor Star starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 217 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 19mDoor to door
- 1h 35mMoving
- €32.79From
- 7.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Keretapi Tanah Melayu | €26.74 | 2h 17m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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Rooms within reach of Alor Setar railway station
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When to book Ipoh to Alor Star
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.4890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €12.2830 days
- €13.3821 days
- €17.2314 days
- €18.887 days
- €24.383 days
- €29.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 139 percent. The most expensive point is €29.33, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €17.78Sun
- €18.33Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €17.23Thu
- €19.98Fri
- €19.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ipoh
Rail
- Ipoh railway station
- Tasek railway station
Alor Setar
Rail
- Alor Setar railway station
- Tunjang railway station
- Anak Bukit railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 217 km against 189 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 Sungai Petani, Kota Kuala Muda, Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Tengah. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ipoh at 06:41 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 19m | 1h 35m | 44m | €32.79 | 7.2 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 4h 6m | 3h 22m | 44m | €15.58 | 5.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Ipoh to Alor Star
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 the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star take?
The Train from Ipoh to Alor Star takes 2h 19m door to door, of which 1h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 217 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star cost?
The Train from Ipoh to Alor Star starts at €32.79 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €29.49. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star?
1 operators run the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star: Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star use?
The Train from Ipoh to Alor Star leaves from Ipoh railway station and arrives at Alor Setar railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Ipoh to Alor Star?
Traveling from Ipoh to Alor Star by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 2h 19m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star?
Fares for the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 139 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star produce?
The Train from Ipoh to Alor Star produces about 7.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 217 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star?
Operators on the Train from Ipoh to Alor Star publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 19m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ipoh to Alor Star on September 9, 2026: 217 km of route against 189 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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