KLIA to Malacca bus service

Transnasional runs multiple direct buses daily at 01:15, 07:45, 09:15, 11:45, 14:15, 16:15, 18:45, 20:15,& 21:15 (RM24,50/16 adult/child). Check their website for the latest schedule. Travel time is 2 hours 30 min. There is no Transnasional ticket counter at KLIA airport, buy tickets online ahead of time at their website (requires a Malaysian issued credit card) or at www.easibook.com (charges small booking fee). For easibook.com tickets, a printout of the ticket confirmation can be used as a boarding pass for the bus, show this to the bus driver on boarding. 

The ticket confirmation will indicate the need to turn in the confirmation for a boarding pass at the ticket counter. However as there is no Transnasional ticket counter at KLIA the confirmation acts as a boarding pass. Alternatively, transfer and purchase the tickets directly at the KLIA2, Transnasional ticket counter, on the ground floor. KLIA2 airport is reachable by shuttle bus (RM2.5/30-40 min), or taxi. Shuttle buses depart every half hour from the KLIA bus terminal on platform #10.

While it may be possible to wait at the bus stop and purchase tickets directly on the bus at KLIA, it is highly recommended to pre-book your tickets online or transfer to KLIA2 to purchase tickets and board. The bus departs from KLIA2 and KLIA is its second stop. If the bus is full or near full it may not stop at KLIA at all unless there are pre-booked passengers at KLIA. Board the bus in KLIA at bus platform #8, however it may sometimes arrive at another nearby platform.

Note depending on the time of the bus, some will arrive in Melaka at Melaka Sentral or alternatively at Mahkota Medical Centre as the final destination. Buses arriving at Mahkota Medical Centre will stop at Melaka Sentral as the second to last stop. If your destination in Melaka is Jonker St Chinatown, Mahkota Medical Centre is within walking distance (20-30 min if you don't have luggage or a short taxi ride away (~RM10). Melaka Sentral is further distance wise from Jonker St. however more accessible by local bus to Chinatown. 

Local taxis are known to be dirty, rude and aggresive, and would refuse to use the meter. They would cost about RM25 (June 2017) from Melaka Central bus terminal. A better alternative would be Grab or Uber which would be about RM 7-8 to Jonker Street for a clean and safer car/driver. Note that you would need to head to the front entrance of Melaka Sentral and have the app in your smartphone.

If you miss these buses, you'll have to detour via KL or take a taxi with travelling time about 1.5 hours (fixed "budget" fare RM159, 1 way, counter inside Domestic Arrivals, the guard will happily let you and your trolley of luggage back into this area from outside).

Or you can take the airport shuttle to TBS for RM 8,00 and then get on a regular bus to Melaka Sentral, for about RM 10-12, running daily between 7.00 - 22.58.

~Info courtesy of Wikitravel~