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Transnasional

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Transnasional Schedule & Timetable

Kuala Lumpur - Malacca
12:00, 13:30, 15:15, 18:30
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Malacca - Kuala Lumpur
15:00, 15:30, 17:00, 19:15, 21:30
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Kuala Lumpur - Ipoh
17:45, 19:15, 22:15, 23:45
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Kuala Lumpur - Perak
12:00, 15:00, 21:00
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Ipoh - Kuala Lumpur
08:45, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00
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Penang - Ipoh
10:00, 12:00, 16:00, 18:00
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Perak - Kuala Lumpur
10:00
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About Transnasional

Buses are the most affordable means of transport with a large number of terminals across the country and convenient timetables to help you plan your trip. Buses is a convenient option both for those who travel on a shoestring budget and those who do not want to compromise on comfort. Transnasional offers bus service with an online reservation available. Before booking your ticket, read other travellers’ reviews to choose the best option.

What are the Main Stations of Transnasional?

Transnasional operates buses to and from the following stations:

  • TBS Kuala Lumpur
  • Melaka Sentral
  • Aman Jaya Ipoh
  • Melaka Sentral Bus Terminal
  • Mersing
  • KLIA T1
  • KLIA T2
  • Butterworth
  • Terminal Bus Sungai Nibong
  • Butterworth Penang

What are the Bus Classes & Prices of Transnasional?

The price of your bus trip will depend both on the destination and the class of your ticket. Note that not all ticket classes are available on certain routes yet for longer trips there is almost always a good choice of options. Opt for a sleeper coach for the most convenient overnight trip. Sleeper buses are usually equipped with berths or soft reclining seats, feature an onboard toilet and your ticket may also include other perks like snacks or even a lunch. Taking a night bus is also a good idea if you want to save on your hotel room. During the day an express service is often the best value for money as it makes less stops than an ordinary or standard class bus and travels faster. On some routes it may be crucial to choose the right class as, say, an ordinary or second class bus may need some 6 hours to cover the distance the first class or express bus travels in two hours!

Pros & Cons of Bus Travel

Pros of Bus Travel

  • Buses usually boast the widest network of destinations covered. They travel to the places you cannot get to by plane or even by train

  • Travelling by bus is easy – there is no need to arrive to the bus terminal much in advance, and the check-in is usually a very fast formality opposite to air travel

  • Bus tickets are very affordable. Yes, there are costly first class or VIP options but is you are on a budget, bus is the first means of transportation you have to think about

  • At the same time, there are different classes of service to suit any budget. If you are after a higher level of comfort, buses get you covered, too.

Cons of Bus Travel

  • Intercity bus terminals can be located outside the city centre in the outskirts. It means you will need to calculate extra time and money to get there. In certain destinations getting from the bus terminal can cost you more than you would expect because only a limited number of transportation companies is allowed to serve the route – and prices may be inflated.

  • During busy weekends or high season buses serving some tourist destinations may run out of schedule and require advanced booking.

  • While buses are not as weather dependent as ferries, bus trips can also be delayed or cancelled due to bad weather or road conditions – keep it in mind if travelling during certain seasons or to certain destinations.

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Transnasional Reviews

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K
2
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Mar 22, 2023
Not great. Bus was late & it was an old crappy bus. Not like the nice one from KLIA2 to Melaka. Driver wouldn’t take me to kLIA said I had to take the bus. I booked to KLIA. Not happy.
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3
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Mar 8, 2023
The bus was early and arrived to destination early, which is great. The reason for 3 stars is that there was a high pitched indicator noise that went off the entire trip and about drove me mad.
N
3
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Mar 7, 2023
Bus was old Not very clean Late 30min
J
4
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Feb 8, 2023
Overall good experience. The seats are comfortable and spacious. The bus was 1 hour late due to the traffic on the surroundings of Kuala Lumpur. Try to avoid busy traffic hours.
E
4
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Jan 31, 2023
I reserved from 12go application, but there is an error for the departure time. The bus goes 3 hours later. The ticket girls at the station TBS are very kind, and manage to have a earlier ticket. After it was a good trip.
P
5
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Jan 15, 2023
Bequeme Busfahrt, cooler Busfahrer, pünktliche Abfahrt und genauso pünktliche Ankunft.
E
4
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Jan 1, 2023
The process getting tickets was excellent. The only issue we had was not stopping for a meal.
L
3
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Dec 16, 2022
Despite there being large no smoking signs all over the bus. The driver smoked while driving with the window open 5cm. Even wearing a mask the smell burned.
A
3
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Dec 13, 2022
Bus was half an hour late without any information. Luggage department seemed very poor, driver had trouble opening it so there was little space for everyone’s luggage hence everything was stacked. Was a weird high pitch in the bus very frequently. Driving skills were a bit scary, many near-accidents in my opinion.
J
3
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Oct 6, 2022
It was delayed
R
2
Bus Executive, Transnasional, Jul 7, 2022
Checkin was just a scam, we had to pay for our boarding pass, which was required. Also there was some kind of eduction for a new driver, which made de drive quite horrible.
P
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Mar 5, 2020
The bus was clean and comfortable. Everything was fine and the driver drove safely. The bus was approximately on time. On the 5-6 hours trip from KL to Penang we had a lunch/restroom break right after Ipoh. Buying the ticket in 12Go Asia was easy and I got the e-ticet to my email right after finishing the purchase on 12Go site.
A
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Mar 3, 2020
Everything clear. Elevator to offices. Handy when you have heavy luggage
G
5
Bus Economy Club 41, Transnasional, Mar 1, 2020
Автобус очень комфортный, кресла широченные, расстояние между сиденьями тоже большое! Доехали очень быстро, немного в пробочке в самой Малакке простояли! Читал про писчащий сигнал - это превышение скорости, пищал когда водитель больше 100 разгонялся! Мне не сильно мешал, хотя сидел прям за водителем! В крайнем случае наушники можно одеть!
E
3
Bus Economy Club 41, Transnasional, Feb 29, 2020
Toujours les mêmes problèmes. Chauffeur trop bruyant et climatisation trop forte.
P
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 27, 2020
No holdups, dead on time, air con perfect...not like in other countries (Thailand for example) where they don’t know the difference between air con and refrigeration. Comfy seating. Love the single seats and huge legroom. Good value all round.
R
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 25, 2020
Retard sur le départ d’autobus sinon la route a bien été !
P
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 24, 2020
Bus took us to the ferry terminal where we then had to get a ferry. Ticket says another location entirely (sungai nibong) for destination - actual destination wasn’t even on Penang island
M
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 22, 2020
The trip itself was fine, but we should have arrived 13:45 and we were not in any traffic jam or anything, it was a smooth ride, but we arrived more than 1.5 hours later. How can this be? The driver was fast, so they must miscalculate the whole route. And when we were half way of the distance, I could already see we would have a massive delay and still he stopped for half an hour lunch break. Just state a travel time of 6 hours, and everybody would be fine. This way you cause a lot of stress for everybody.
M
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 21, 2020
Booking was really easy and simple. Seats were very comfortable and spacious. Bus was clean. Staff were friendly. Plenty of stops for toilet breaks and driver also drove well. Would definitely use the service again
T
4
Bus Economy Club 41, Transnasional, Feb 21, 2020
The bus delayed for few minutes.
M
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 19, 2020
Bus has got 45 min delay, no information provided before hand, until bus showed up.
D
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 18, 2020
The bus is comfortable enough and we also had short stops for visiting the restroom but the trip took unrealisticly long and made some extra stops too which occured a huge delay (because traffic was ok, we were not waiting for the people at the stops, etc.) of 4 hrs!!!
S
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 18, 2020
Bus was Fine. Everything worked well. What I really didn’t like was that the driver constantly drives to fast and because of this there was a loud warning sound nearly during the hole trip.
D
5
Bus Economy Club 41, Transnasional, Feb 17, 2020
Комфортно и быстро доехали. Большие удобные кресла. Не понравился только рыгающий всю дорогу водитель.
M
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 5, 2020
Poor driving, thrown around abit. Cheap though so..
M
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Feb 1, 2020
I have travelled with 5 different bus lines in Malaysia. Transnational is the only one I have taken twice and that is largely because its performance met my expectations. My only two suggestions are: - It would be nice if the seats had a USB charging socket but beyond that I am happy with the service; and - kill the speed warning (preferably by slowing down) we know it is difficult to keep to a schedule with traffic and we won't hold you accountable for being late but the warning for exceeding the speed limit carries back more into the bus and is decidedly annoying (note: I felt the driver was driving very safely but was trying hard to meet a schedule that wasn't going to be met)
A
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 31, 2020
my chair cannot be adjust, the handle is nowhere to be found and thus i did not have the comfort to sleep during the 5 hrs journey. thats why i rate it 2 stars only. i feel so restless with it. if only the sit can be adjusted. please check the sit and repair it. thanks.
I
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 28, 2020
Bus was comfortable, seats reclined to a good angle for a comfortable sleep. USB charging points below the seats were also useful. Got us home to KL from Melaka in just over two hours during CNY so definitely bonus points for making that happen.
H
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 27, 2020
Alles super funktioniert!! Es war unglaublich kalt im Bus! Fahrer hat die ganze Fahrt lang telefoniert u gerülpst- war nervig!
Y
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 26, 2020
Very good service
D
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 24, 2020
Bus was small. Not all recliners worked but we did arrive 2 hours early!
T
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 18, 2020
Быстро, пунктуально, удобно. Никаких отрицательных моментов - все супер. Спасибо!!
W
4
Bus Economy Club 41, Transnasional, Jan 17, 2020
Efficient and helpful driver. Good service.
K
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 15, 2020
Much better service with this operator
S
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 12, 2020
Generally it was fine. However, managing the luggage needs more attention as passengers had to put their own stuff without any support.
J
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 10, 2020
Ok, without any problem
N
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 6, 2020
Bus interior was broken and worn down and dirty
C
2
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 6, 2020
On the 12go itinerary it advised the bus would arrive in Butterworth at 14.45. We did not arrive until 17.15! There was no communication from either the company or the drivers that the route had been changed to include several stops/towns on the way. Thete was no traffic to delay the journey. Not at all happy!
A
3
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 4, 2020
Says gonna take 4:45 hs and it tooks 6hs
R
3
Bus Business, Transnasional, Jan 2, 2020
The bus service was on time, but the bus itself was in poorshape.The seat handrests were loose and were coming apart. The bus was carrying so many cold storage containers with some bottled.drinks, and so many plastic buckets with things in it that there was no room for passengers to put their suitcases. All the passengers were struggling to stuff their luggage in the storage space. There was no help or effort by the driver to help accomodate the luggage. it was a struggle by all the passengers to put the luggage inside.
M
2
Bus Economy Club 39, Transnasional, Dec 28, 2019
It was way too cold on the bus. We took two breaks - each 15 minutes longer than the driver first told us. There was not much traffic but we were 100 minutes late and so we missed our next bus.
G
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Dec 23, 2019
Easy and simple
S
3
Bus Business, Transnasional, Dec 21, 2019
Too much delaying
J
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Dec 19, 2019
On time, comfortable chairs but a bit worndown interior. It would be nice if the driver would tell you how long he stops for the sanitary necessities.
K
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Dec 16, 2019
Easy to redeem and hassle free.
H
4
Bus Business, Transnasional, Dec 10, 2019
Bus is delayed about 30 minutes.
F
3
Bus Economy Club 39, Transnasional, Dec 2, 2019
Bus ride was 6 hours, in stead of 3h they listed, due to really bad traffic (can happen). According to other passengers, normally it takes 4-5 hours. Would have been better if they advertised with 4h.
S
5
Bus Business, Transnasional, Dec 1, 2019
Very comfortable buses
M
5
Bus Economy Club 41, Transnasional, Nov 30, 2019
Отправились и прибыли во время (+/-5 мин)