There are 6 ways to get from Bern to Penang by train, plane, or tram
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Penang International Airport
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane ZRH - PEN
18h 5mRM 1,474–9,318Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hat Yai, train, tram
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hat Yai (HDY)plane ZRH - HDY
- Take the train from Hat Yai to Padang Besartrain
- Take the tram from Padang Besar to Tasek Gelugortram
22h 20mRM 1,404–4,091Train to Basel, fly to Penang International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane BSL - PEN
21h 15mRM 1,538–5,738Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Penang International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane GVA - PEN
21h 39mRM 2,169–5,819Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Penang International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Busto Arsiziotrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane MXP - PEN
21h 52mRM 1,639–4,746Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ipoh, tram
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ipoh (IPH)plane ZRH - IPH
- Take the tram from Ipoh to Nibong Tebaltram
23h 37mRM 2,588–6,861
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Penang International Airport (PEN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Penang is to train and fly which costs RM 1400 - RM 9500 and takes 18h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Penang is to train and fly which takes 18h 5m and costs RM 1400 - RM 9500.
The distance between Bern and Penang is 9829 km.
It takes approximately 18h 5m to get from Bern to Penang, including transfers.
Penang is 7h ahead of Bern. It is currently 9:21 PM in Bern and 4:21 AM in Penang.
There are 2571+ hotels available in Penang.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Penang, Malaysia?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Penang. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, then fly to Penang International Airport (PEN). Alternatively, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, then fly to Penang International Airport (PEN).
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–9,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,900–18,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Munich, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,000–18,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,400–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 3,800–13,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hat Yai via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–10,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,000
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hat Yai via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hat Yai via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–9,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,000
Flights from Basel to Penang International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,400–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 3,800–13,000
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Abu Dhabi, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,400–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ipoh via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–10,000
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Penang International Airport via Doha, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hat Yai via Abu Dhabi, Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–3,600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 170–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 120–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 160–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 160–290
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 30–40
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 30–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- callcenter@ktmb.com.my
- Website
- ktmb.com.my
Tram from Ipoh to Nibong Tebal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 13–40
- Website
- https://www.ktmb.com.my
- Express Economy
- RM 17–24
- Shuttle
- RM 13–40
- Express First
- RM 24–30
Tram from Padang Besar to Tasek Gelugor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 16–45
- Website
- https://www.ktmb.com.my
- Express Economy
- RM 18–25
- Shuttle
- RM 16–45
- Express First
- RM 28–35
- Phone
- 1690
- sarabanklang@railway.co.th
- Website
- dticket.railway.co.th
Train from Hat Yai to Padang Besar
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 6–120
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/thai-railways
- Website
- https://dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- RM 6–21
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- RM 70–100
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- RM 30–45
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- RM 90–120
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