ETS Taiping to Butterworth Penang KTM Train Schedule (Jadual) Price (Harga Tiket)

Last updated: 1 August 2024

If you want to travel from Taiping to Georgetown on Penang Island by public transport, the quickest way to get there is to take a fast ETS Taiping to Butterworth (Penang Sentral) Electric Train Service that takes less than an hour to get there.

The distance from Taiping to Butterworth (jarak Taiping ke Butterworth) is approximately 85 km and the duration of the train journey by ETS train is 57 minutes.

ETS trains are operated by Malaysian Railways (Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad, usually known by their much shorter name of KTM or KTMB).

KTM also operates much cheaper KTM Komuter Utara (northern commuter) trains on this route so if you want to travel on a budget, you should think about taking a commuter train.

Commuter trains from Taiping to Butterworth are not as comfortable as ETS services and you do not get a reserved seat travelling by commuter.

If you want to see the latest KTM Komuter train timetable, click on the timetable link below:

ETS Taiping to Butterworth Penang Train Timetable

(Jadual ETS Taiping ke Butterworth Penang)

If you want to see the ETS train timetable in the other direction from Butterworth to Taiping click here >

KTM Taiping to Penang Sentral Butterworth Timetable:

See the new full ETS timetable from 1st August 2024 >

New ETS train timetable from 1st of August 2024:

Train Number Departs Taiping Arrives Butterworth Book Online
EP 9172 11:13 12:10 Book Tickets
EX 9104 14:25 15:15 Book Tickets
EP 9176 16:48 17:45 Book Tickets
EP 9178 19:03 20:00 Book Tickets
EG 9322 21:43 22:42 Book Tickets
EP 9180 23:23 00:20 Book Tickets

For ETS train fares from Taiping to Butterworth Penang click here >

Notes for the above timetable:

EG numbered trains are the cheaper ETS Gold Services.

EP numbered trains are the more expensive ETS Platinum Services that are operated by the newer ETS2 trains and have a Business Class carriage.

EX numbered trains are the new ETS Express Services.


To get from the railway station in Butterworth to Penang Island (Pulau Pinang), you have to take a short walk through the new Penang Sentral Terminal building where the ferry departs from the jetty.



ETS Train Fares from Taiping to Penang Sentral, Butterworth

(Tambang / Harga Tiket ETS Taiping ke Penang Sentral, Butterworth)

To find train fares and information on the KTM Flexi Fare booking system, please see our:

Butterworth ETS Train ticket prices page here >

Buying ETS Train Tickets from Taiping to Butterworth

(Beli Tiket ETS dari Taiping ke Butterworth)

To travel by ETS train in Malaysia you should book in advance (even for short distances).

However, if you are travelling from Taiping and the ETS train is full, you still have the option of taking one of the KTM Komuter trains, so you could risk turning up at the station on the day you want to travel and buy your ETS tickets then.

You can book your advance ETS train tickets from the ticket counter at Taiping station (or from any other ETS station in Malaysia).

Or you can book online direct from the official KTMB.com.my website >


Related Pages:

Butterworth KTM trains main page >

Taiping KTM trains main page >


KTM Train Timetables main page >

KTM Komuter train timetables in Malaysia >