Southeast Asia
Getting around Malaysia
Between cities
Getting around Malaysia
KTM's ETS electric trains link KL with Ipoh and Butterworth (for Penang); express buses go everywhere; cheap flights reach Penang, Langkawi and Borneo.
Key facts
- Ride-hailing apps: Grab, Bolt, inDrive, AirAsia Ride.
- Driving: on the left. Visitors can drive on an English-language licence; otherwise carry an IDP. Scooters need a motorcycle-class licence.
- KTMB (Malaysian railways)
- AirAsia
Getting around by place
- Kuala LumpurGetting around
- PenangGetting around
- LangkawiGetting around
- MalaccaGetting around
- Kota KinabaluGetting around
- Cameron HighlandsGetting around
- Perhentian IslandsGetting around
- IpohGetting around
- Johor BahruGetting around
- Genting HighlandsGetting around
- KuchingGetting around
- TiomanGetting around
- RedangGetting around
- SempornaGetting around
- SandakanGetting around
- Taman NegaraGetting around
Sources
- KTMB (Malaysian railways)
- AirAsia
- US State Department travel advisory
- Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (Immigration Department)
- DE Rantau Nomad Pass (MDEC)
- Tourism Malaysia
- Speedtest Global Index: Malaysia
- World Bank open data
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