KTMB operates train service to the Butterworth train station, within walking distance to the ferry to Penang Island. Tickets can be booked at the train station, the ferry terminal, or online . The journey to/from Kuala Lumpur takes 6 hours.
An overnight train departs Bangkok daily at 2:45PM Thai time, scheduled to arrive in Butterworth at 1:45PM Malaysian time. Trains are air conditioned, are all sleeper cars, and cost THB1,210, with a THB104 surcharge for bicycles.
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