By Rail
Keretapi Tanah Melayu formerly known as Malayan Railway operates a number of daily services along the main north-south line which stops at Taiping station. One service, the Ekspres Langkawi, connects Taiping with Hat Yai.
By road
Taiping is easily accessible from the PLUS North-South Expressway. From Penang 90 km Kamunting is the nearest exit, whilst Changkat Jering is the most convenient exit from the motorway if you are travelling north from Ipoh 70 km.
Taiping is well connected to the rest of Peninsular Malaysia by express buses, which arrive at and depart from the long distance bus station at Kamunting 6 km from the town centre as well as Simpang 7km from the town centre. Buses also travel direct from Taiping to Singapore and Hat Yai.
Southbound buses usually depart from Kamunting and call along Simpang Medan Simpang to pick up a few more passengers from Simpang before heading to the highway via Changkat Jering interchange. Bus tickets are available from counters located at Medan Kamunting and Medan Simpang.You can drive from Kamunting direct to Selama town about 40 minutes through Jalan Pondok Tanjung.