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Village in Seberang Perai in Penang, Malaysia

Permatang Rambai

Permatang Rambai is a village within the city of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang.

The place

Permatang Rambai is a village within the city of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Permatang Rambai

Airports
Penang (PEN), 29 km · Langkawi (LGK), 116 km · Sultan Azlan Shah (IPH), 131 km
  • Langkawi → Permatang Rambai
    115 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · RM40–55
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  • Ipoh → Permatang Rambai
    130 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · RM33–44
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  • Subang → Permatang Rambai
    1574 km · quickest by air, 11h 45m · Rp3,017,670–4,651,530
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No local-transport research exists yet for Permatang Rambai

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Permatang Rambai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom Butterworth, the easiest way to reach the heart of George Town is by Rapid Ferry, the oldest ferry service in Malaysia.
  • Get inOnly a short walk from the Butterworth train station is the Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal (also known as the Butterworth Ferry Terminal), with the cross-strait ferries departing every 10-20 minutes between 5:20AM– and 12:40AM daily.
  • Get inFerries arrive at at Weld Quay within the city centre's UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Get inThe car ferry service has been discontinued, and all cars are now required to use one of the two bridges; the ferry service now only carries passengers, bicycles and motorcycles.
  • Get inThe car ferry service has been discontinued, and the remaining vehicular ferries only carry bicycles and motorcycles.

From Wikivoyage: George Town (Malaysia), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Penang, George Town and ButterworthMY

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    14 km
  2. 02
    LangkawiMY

    12 ways of moving, 14 sources

    113 km
  3. 03
    Hat Yai and the Songkhla border countryTH

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    165 km
  4. 04
    Satun and Pak BaraTH

    11 ways of moving, 18 sources

    165 km
  5. 05
    Ko LantaTH

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    279 km

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Around it

Next door to Permatang Rambai

Permatang Rambai is 8 km from Kota Kuala Muda, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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