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| Padang Besar | ||
| State | Perlis | |
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| Residents | unknown | |
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| height | 27 m | |
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Padang Besar(Chinese: 巴东 勿 刹) is a city in the Malaysian state Perlis.
background
Padang Besar is a border town, the greater part of which is on the Malaysian and the smaller part on the Thai side of the border. For the latter see Padang Besar (Thailand)
getting there
By plane
The Thai airport Has yai (HDY) is 45 km away. The closest Malaysian airport is Sultan Abdul Halim Airport in Alor Setar (AOR), 70 km from Padang Besar.
By train
The national railway company of Malaysia KTM offers four comfortable express trains (ETS) from Kuala Lumpur to Padang Besar and back. The journey takes about 5½ hours and costs MYR 76 per route in second class. Of Ipoh it's a good 3 hours for 50 MYR. Current timetable and prices (As of February 2019)
Shared shuttle trains operated by the Malaysian and Thai railways run to / from twice a day Has yai. The journey takes just under an hour and costs 50 THB. The tickets can only be bought on site at the counter.
In the street
Padang Besar is the northern terminus of Malaysia's National Highway 7.
