KTM ETS Butterworth to Padang Besar
Timetable (Jadual) and Fares (Tambang)
The new KTMB ETS Butterworth to Padang Besar high-speed trains have started to operate from July 2015.
These new ETS Trains have cut the travel time form Penang to the border station with Thailand, to just one hour 40 - 45 minutes.
ETS Butterworth to Padang Besar Train Timetable
(Jadual ETS dari Butterworth ke Padang Besar)
Please Note: from the June 2018 all ETS services between Butterworth and Padang Besar are now cancelled.
If you want to travel from Penang Island to Padang Besar by train, you will now have to use the KTM Komuter Trains.
For the Komuter Train Schedule and ticket prices click here >
Please Note: With the introduction of the new ETS timetable valid from the 3rd of June 2018, there will no longer be any ETS services on this route and you will have to use the KTM Komuter Train services from Butterworth to Padang Besar (see link to the Komuter timetables above).
To see the full timetables for the ETS Trains, please click here >
Ticket Prices
Fares for the ETS Train from Butterworth to Padang Besar will cost:
Gold service : Adult - 29 MYR - Child - 19 MYR
Silver service : Adult - 21 MYR - Child - 15 MYR
Please Note: From the start of January 2016, there is a new Komuter (commuter) service in operation from Butterworth to Padang Besar.
Click here for more information >
Buying Tickets
You can buy your ETS tickets on the day of travel or in advance from the train station in Butterworth or at the KTM office in George Town on Penang island.
The KTM office in George Town is located along the walkway up to the ferry from Penang to Butterworth.
If you would like to book your tickets online, you can do that easily too.
You can book using the KTMB online booking website.
You can also use an online agent.
To go to our online booking page and book your ETS Train tickets now click here >
Arriving at Padang Besar Railway Station
If you are taking these trains to get to Hat Yai in Thailand, you could catch the International Express train, that leaves for Hat Yai in the early evening.
It is however, much easier to catch a bus from the Thai side of the main land border crossing.
New Shuttle Train Service to Hat Yai:
From 22nd December 2015, a new shuttle train service has started operating from Padang Besar Station in Malaysia to Hat Yai (and vice versa).
Click here for more information and timetables >
If you want to catch the bus, you must miss the immigration formalities at the station, go upstairs and cross the railway tracks by walkway to the the main Padang Besar land border crossing in to Thailand.
Once you pass through the Thai immigration, you can catch a local bus into Hat Yai, that also stops at the main Hat Yai bus station on its way into the city.
The bus stop for this bus, is just on your right, across the road as you come out of the immigration area.
Read more about this on our Padang Besar Train Station page here >
Related Pages:
ETS Padang Besar to Butterworth
KTMB Malaysia Train Timetables main page