I travelled the whole of Malaysia’s west coast by train (800km in 10 days)

The Straits Times’ Malaysia Correspondent, Lu Wei Hoong, spent about 2 weeks in July 2025 travelling the west coast of Malaysia by train. READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimed...

Starting from Singapore and stopping at Padang Besar, which is situated at the Malaysia-Thailand border, he crossed Malaysia’s longest cross-lake train, and visited a limestone cave, while savouring some of the country’s best hidden dishes.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:38 S'pore - JB: How much does a train ticket on Shuttle Tebrau cost
00:54 Johor Sentral - Segamat: 2.5 hour ride
01:24 Board the ETS at KL Sentral
01:35 Amenities on the ETS
02:03 Things to see, eat and do in Taiping, Perak
03:23 Malaysia's longest cross-lake train is almost like Spirited Away
03:46 View from the driver's cabin
04:05 Feels like Chihiro's ghostly train ride
04:34 Riding on the KTM Komuter Utara
05:06 Visit Dr Mohamad Mahathir's birthplace
05:32 Visit paddy fields in Kedah
06:08 Arriving at Malaysia's northernmost state, Perlis
06:37 Visit Gua Kelam, or Cave of Darkness

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