#ElectricTrainService

Malaysia Public Transportmsiapublictransport
2024-03-24

Tickets for the electric train service () to from several destinations for have been snapped up

ETS tickets to Penang from places like , and for April 5-9 were sold out months ago

Tickets to the northern region, especially Penang, were also fully booked for the first three days of Hari Raya

Read more: thestar.com.my/news/nation/202

Butterworth railway station in Penang. / Photo from linked article.
Malaysia Public Transportmsiapublictransport
2024-03-09

Berhad ()’s plans to get 10 new sets of () coaches is expected to allow over 7.5 million to use the service annually

Last year, there were 32 daily ETS trips & there were 4.12 million passengers

With new sets , the number of passengers is expected to increase to 7,547,565 passengers annually

The new are scheduled for operations in phases beginning early 2025

Read more: thestar.com.my/news/nation/202

KTM ETS train at a train station platform. / Photo from linked article.
Malaysia Public Transportmsiapublictransport
2024-03-01

There are plans to refurbish older () and , which will help increase capacity and frequency

There were some 18 old sets of ETS and Komuter trains and some are needing major overhauls before they could be put back into service

The Ministry of Transport () decided to refurbish some of the older sets so that they could be reused

Read more: thestar.com.my/news/nation/202

Passengers leaving KTM Komuter train at a station. / Photo from linked article.

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